About three hours later, we finally landed in San Jose and were officially on Costa Rican time. After making our way through customs and getting to the Tryp Sabana Hotel, it was time for my favorite part of the day...eating!!! By this time, we were all starving and beginning to waste away. So we all grabbed our rain jackets and made the short walk with Fernando, our local Costa Rican guide, to Soda Tapia. This is a local sandwich type restaurant located in San Jose and we all (most of us anyways) throughly enjoyed hamburgers and lots of French fries.
After re-energizing, we walked back to the Tryp. On our way back, we stopped at a local supermarket to get some snacks. After a full day of travel, we finally got to have a brief reprieve to relax and recharge in our rooms. The weather had fcleared up at least somewhat, so we could see some of the surrounding landscape, as San Jose is located in the Central Valley. We could see the volcanic mountain range beginning to peak through, after some of the rain and clouds had moved out.
We met with Fernando to discuss the itinerary for the entire trip and he taught us "pura vida". This saying means "pure life" and is used in all types of situations such as hello and goodbye. After our orientation, we were able to sit back and relax for the rest of the evening. We even came to the hotel bar and had a blog writing party...already having those group bonding moments!!! We did have a slight disappointment from finding out we would not be visiting Rawlings baseball factory. On a more positive note, tomorrow is all about the sloths!!! Needless to say, we are all tremendously excited!!!!!
Hasta mañana,
Katie Simon
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