San Jose

The adaptor for my computer stopped working and I had a huge sense of panic as I attempted to figure out how and where I could fix this problem. San Jose was my best option, unfortunately it is a 4 1/2 hour bus ride away. We decided to make a weekend trip out of it.

The best way to describe our trip to San Jose is to say it was one of extremes. 

We chose to stay at one of the nicer hotels in San Jose on our first night.

You know you are in a fancy hotel when they make animals with your towels.

We walked and shopped in San Jose Central. The Marcado Central was crazy. It was over crowded, loud and had everything under the sun.

The streets are lined with stores filled to the rim with anything and everything.

For our second day we took a bus to Escazu which is an area of San Jose. Like Nepean is to Ottawa. There is a Multi Plaza in Escazu that makes St. Laurent Shopping Center look small! Where did this place come from and how does it fit into this world where a good salary is $5 per hour??

There was a movie theatre in the mall so we went to see The Hangover 3 – too funny! The movie theatre was amazing, you get to choose your seats when you purchase your tickets. They had regular popcorn, caramel popcorn and blue (sugar) popcorn!

Then back to San Jose for a second night. We arrived back in San Jose late and needed to be on a bus at 6:30AM so just needed a bed for the night – and a bed was pretty much all we got.