Marti and I had lunch at a "Soda" (Small mom and pop restaurant) then we took a bus from Escazu' to the main drag in downtown San Jose. It looks a lot like Times Square at rush hour. There were a lot of venders on the street selling everything from toys and fruits to lottery tickets. I was distracted by a little old guy who was hawking his painting. His name was Jose'.
I liked his stuff so I bought one for my office. It was 7,000 colones -- about 14 bucks. It's primitive but he uses bright colors and depicts Costa Rica as if it is almost a paradise. Can't help liking a guy that loves his country so!
Marti got into a conversation with him. Marti's spanish is so good he can talk to anybody anytime.
Then we parted ways and I took a cab back. Cab driver was a nice guy. I was able to converse with him in my bumbling fashion. He was nice about it though and happy to be talking with an American that was trying so hard, I think.
Okay, this morning we visited the MSU students at the Country Day School in Escazu' and this afternoon talked to a prof at the University of Costa Rica about an exchange of University students between MSU and UCR. I thought the "tourism" was more interesting, though so I skipped that stuff.
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