Los Hombres Equis and the Restaurante Hamburgo: 27 May

After waking up, and studying a little, I made my way down stairs to a breakfast of cornflakes with Hershey’s chocolate syrup, watermelon and orange juice. I have eaten more fruit than I think I have before this trip combined. The school called the house today and told me to come in early for a forum between all of the students in Intensa. I walked up to the city center and then took a bus down to San José and got to Intensa just in time to buy a newspaper and read a little. It started to rain early today, around eleven, but not hard until like two o’clock (luckily while I was in class). I was paired up with two girls from San José and from the Mountains surrounding the city. They spoke English extremely well with almost perfect grammar…I was kind of jealous. We only spoke for about thirty minutes about the beach, driving, their periods, and where we lived, but it was an interesting experience. Then Kayla, Tammy and I met up and walked down to the bar down the street that Kayla and I visited yesterday called the Restaurante Hamburgo. It is extremely bright and clean there with a nice bar tender and is covered in German memorabilia. They had a chicken curry special with a side salad (which I replaced with “German potatoes”), a drink, and a little ice cream with fresh fruit on top for 3400 colones (about $6). I tried the other national beer called Pilsen, but it was really bitter and kind of gross. We then went to class. After we reserved a bus trip to Miguel Antonio (I think) for the weekend (Friday night to Sunday night). It is a very popular beach about 4 hours south of San José and with the bus and hotel for two nights it will cost a little less than $60 per person for 3 people! Even though it was still raining when class ended, we walked down to the mall San Pedro. I grabbed some Szechwan chicken and headed off to the movies to see X-men. Today was 2-for-1 miércoles so my ticket only cost 1000 colones (a little less than $2). The movie was pretty good and we left at about nine. Kayla and her roommate walked back home while Tammy and I took a taxi back to Moravia…I am used to giving directions now and kind of proud of it. Then William (the father) and I walked her back home and for the rest of the night I went upstairs and watched tv/facebooked for the rest of the night with William Jr…who I’m going to call Willy from now on. Only two more days until my vacation!!!