Turn on the Lights

Estadio Nacional

Yesterday I went to my first .. and very likely the last Soccer game in Costa Rica en el Estadio Nacional. Its a beautiful & huge stadium. Its very new , because China gifted it to Costa Rica in 2011.
  Fun fact : What it costs to light up the stadium for one night is the equivalent of what it costs to light up all of San Jose for a week ! 

 This game was a special game because all the proceeds go to Cancer research, it's called "90 minutos por la vida" the 4 best teams in CR play against each other in honor of kids with cancer.
Laura, Cam & I went with our Tica Family. Monse had her little soccer jersey on ! it was too cute .We had our first train ride which was quite alright, the amount of people was abundant, sooo many people came out for a wednesday! but apperently most soccer games in san jose are wednesdays and saturdays. Everyone represents a different team of their preference because there are many in Costa Rica for each province.. My Tico dad roots for "la Liga" .. I dont really know what that means, except for we clap when they score lol !

In the last quarter the power went out .. THREE TIMES! You'd expect every one to freak out .. but its usual for them, they all take out their cellphones and turn on music and its just one huge party ! There were even fire works, Ticos don't let anything get in their way of a good time.

Me and Anabel had Lunch at this wonderful little soda , called Grani Tico (look them up on facebook <3) . The owners are SOOOOOO nice & hospitable. And they are  afforadable and delicious. Me and Anabel are determined to try one of everything on the menu , including the Batidos ... which are my new addiction ! they are soooooo good. They are fruit shakes with natural/local  fruits and milk or yogurt . they are so original and fresh tasting. With lunch they served us a fruit juice called "mora" which is blackberry .. with water ... thats all. and it was great ! I love that things here are so home made and natural. The happiness we felt in our tummies when we left that place was un-real.

The Movie Theater we located @ the Mall !!

In our time here we have made a walking / excersise pact,so we take a walk/ adventure around the area. There are many hills and what not so its pretty intense. Yesterday we walked to the mall which is about a 20 minute walk where we got batidos, yumm. The fruits all have crazy names in comparison to what were used to in english.. so Anabel has made a list of the fruits she likes.. Shout out to google! haha

 We also are trying hard to blend in and seem like locals so we always "walk with a purpose" as they taught us in orientation.So far its going well, obviously because were hispanic and speak spanish very well we want to find other local places we can "walk with a purpose" to.  Thank goodness I memorized how to get to the mall, because I am yet to figure out how to decipher a map !

I received my first call on my little nokia rental ... it took me and Meg about 5 minutes to figure out how to use the converter that came with it -_- (foreigner probs).. but im a smart & witty girl so I figured it out.

My flower collage that Anabel has been waiting on.

I love taking pictures of flowers .. as you can see thus far :]