Back to CR. Which is maybe, possibly, where I wish I were right now. Except then I would be missing some of the small people in my house. But then, maybe if I were in CR I would be distracted and not missing them so much? Anyway, back to the story.
Our last day in CR was maybe one of our most relaxing days there. After a leisurely breakfast, we all split up for a bit for the morning to just do what we needed/wanted to do. For Sweetest P, that was probably to take the best, most complete nap she had in CR. For Tim, that was to meet with our host to go over some of their discipleship training materials. For me, that was to take my Bible, my journal, my iPod, and kick back on the deck basking in the sun, or should I say Son?
Afterwards, we headed in to San Jose, the nation's capital city. We browsed an outdoor market looking for last souvenirs, had lunch at the Chinese restaurant across the street, and then wandered the town just enough to get a taste of the culture.
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| They had these trees everywhere. This one happened to be outside of the theater building right in the middle of San Jose. |
Never mind that it was the middle of January. This giant Christmas tree made of lights seemed pretty cool. I would have loved to have seen it lit up at nighttime.
Street performers?
The line of phone booths just drew my eye, for some reason. Maybe because I haven't seen anything like it since circa the 20th century?
Also loved the row of motorcycle parking.
Apparently they let 15 year olds be a part of the police force in CR.
After we had had our fill of sight seeing (which really probably wasn't much more than an hour), we stopped at a grocery store to pick up some goods that we had depleted in the time we were staying with our gracious missionary hosts. However, I never saw what the inside of the store was like. I stayed in the car to nurse Sweetest P. (TMI alert.) She wasn't done by the time they finished their shopping, so we embarked on our craziest ride yet. We stayed in the back of the 4Runner, through the alleys, potholes, hairpin curves, roads with no names, and amazingly arrived home with the babe fast a sleep and only a few bruises as "battle wounds" for me!
Then, me and my traveling companion Rexann, and our Costa Rican hostess, Karen, headed down the road for a mani/pedi. Which makes me laugh because it was only the 3rd time I've done that in my lifetime. The first two were just before siblings weddings, and were gifts to me from family members. So technically, this was the first time I paid for the experience. If you can call $8.00 (including tip) paying for it!!! Not a bad way to end the trip, I'd say!
And there you have it; that pretty much sums up our last day in CR. After dinner, we said good bye to a few of the new friends we met, stayed up WAY too late playing "Loaded Questions" with our friends, and then headed back to our accommodations to figure out how we were going to cram in all the knick-knacks and coffee we had acquired. All before we left for the airport at 0'dark hundred, which was now just a few hours away! Oy!
