Last week was certainly a series of random events. And instead of a story, I thought I'd give you a picture slideshow.
Saturday morning, Clay and I took a bike ride into Heredia center to go to the farmers market. There, I discovered a new fruit. Feast your eyes on this baby, a granadilla. If I had to sum up this fruit in one word, it would be... bizarre, no wait..gross.. yes, gross will work. Once you "crack", yes I said crack and not peel, because the outer shell is kinda crunchy... you get to this sack, or better yet, membrane of what looks like fish eggs, but what are actually tiny seeds surrounded by a sour juice. Bottom line: not a fan.
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| Bleck! |
Later that day our little family set off to walk around San Jose. First stop was Mr. Wangs for some good ole, greasy spoon Chinese food. It hit the spot!
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| Get in my belly! |
We did some souvenir shopping...
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| Cruising the stands |
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| My new picture |
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| What?! No one ever has my name! |
We took pictures with John Lennon...
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| Someone got a little frisky |
And we checked out the Central Market.
Clay biked over on Sunday morn and we wasted the day away lounging by the pool. Later that night, we had an ex-pats dinner at Los Sauces. Check out what I made, vegetarian baked ziti! Totally made it up as I went along, but it was pretty delicious, if I do say so myself!
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| Check out the spread |
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| I made this all by myself! |
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| Our family |
Another week flew by and before I knew it Friday was here. Plans were made to met up for drinks in San Pedro. Somehow we found the bar, aptly named "The Place", and as it turns out you can take your drink to go!
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| Not illegal! |
David so kindly DDed us over to Rio, where crashed the Strategy Practice team outing. Sorry guys! I ended the night sitting on the curb eating a Quiznos sandwich, I'd call that a win!
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| Rockstars |
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| Break it down |
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| Oops |
On Saturday, there was a craft beerfest happening in Escazu, and although I'm a vodka girl, I decided to take along sans ticket and check it out. Turns out, no ticket meant no go #epicfail, so I chilled out in the seafood restaurant next door, enjoying the beautiful weather, the amazingly fresh seafood and the occasional visitor who showered me with beer samples! When the crowd died down, they let me in #score, and I tried to catch up with the others #nevergoingtohappen, so instead I settled for taking lots of pictures.
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| Roomie pic! |
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| I never go anywhere without my flask... filled with the sweet sauce |
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| Why so sad? You have a full glass! |
In the early evening we walked over to the Multiplaza to waste time before dinner. But first a brief rest on the grass next to the highway.
We capped our night off at Taj Mahal with some incredibility authentic Indian food.
Sunday turned out to be an absolutely perfect, sunny day, and Clay and I planned a bike ride to the Britt coffee plantation. Even though I had to stop and walk... twice.. up 2 killer hills, we managed to get there, take pictures, enjoy samples of coffee and chocolate, while not taking the tour and get back before the rain hit
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| Time to grow the coffee |
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| Path to who know where, because we didn't pay for the tour |
Without power or internet we rented the Hangover Part II and Footloose from the market next store and spent the night laughing and listening to the rain!
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| Smile, it's raining |
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| It's raining men... I wish! |
Life is starting to feel more normal.
Pura vida!
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