day 33: paseo de flores

after class, steve, the 3 europeans (sara, sabastian, and moritz) and i headed to paseo de flroes, the mall in heredia. before we caught the bus to town we stopped at the plaza and played futbol with a group of 10 or so students. it was pretty intense and i was lucky enough to have one kid kick the ball at my head numerous times. when we got to the mall, we ate at the food court there which was a mecca for american eateries, they had subway, quiznos, pizza hut, burger king, and taco bell. after that we looked at the shops which sold a bunch of overpriced clothes. we all decided to buy costa rican soccer jerseys to show our pride in the country. after the mall i headed home to read and work out. we met up at alex´s at 9pm and decided to head to bulevar, a bigger and nicer bar in the city. we had the same group of 5 go out and it was cool to get the europeans perspective on lots of different events like the war in iraq, stereotypes, soccer etc. all 4 of us we wearing our jerseys we bought earlier in the day and taking a ton of pictures. we were probably the most obnoxious groups there but ít was one of the best nights i´ve had in costa rica.