Alexander
Today we went downtown to go to the museum of Gold. We were supposed to meet Alexis, a friend of Prof. Zapata at 1 or so, and we were running a little late. This is when things got better. Prof Zapata decided to take a different bus that she thought would take us downtown as well. This was true, if you were on the right side of the street. We were not. We ended up getting on the wrong bus and going in the opposite direction. We didn’t realize this uptil about 10 minutes had passed and we were well off course. Luckily, the other passengers were hepful when they heard prof Zapata tell the other students that we were on the wrong bus. The whole bus seem to turn into a GPS system yelling at the bus driver to stop and let us off while simultaneously giving us directions, what bus to catch, and where to catch it.
Polina
Today was our last full day in Costa Rica. Tomorrow we will go back to the states. It is very sad to leave such a beautiful country. We have decided to go back to the center city and visit the Museum of Costa Rica. Doctor Zapata met with her friend Alexis, while we went to the museum. The museum consists of five museums: Museo del Oro Precolombino, Museo de Numismática, Arquitectura en la Numismática Costarricense, Sala de Exhibiciones Temporales, Exhibición de Sofía Ruiz, and Felinos en la Arqueología de Costa Rica. My favorite exhibitions were the art of Sofía Ruiz and Museo del Oro Precolombino. Sofía Ruiz is a very talented artist with very deep meanings in her works. She is a Costa Rican visual artist who has focused her attention on individual identity formation from an entirely introspective point of view. Starting from questions “who am I in my eyes?” and “who am I in the eyes of others?” she revises her personal family history, aided by a psychoanalytic approach regarding identity formation. Her paintings have vibrant colors and most of the portraits look very real, sometimes her works evening looking like pictures. My favorite work is Beloved, where the man and the woman are sleeping. They have very peaceful expression on their faces. The color of their skin is very light, while colors around them are very vibrant. Nothing can disturb their sleep and their deep love to each other.
Kimberly
After the museum we walked to Samuelito, the bakery, and got something small to eat then we headed to the central market. I bought a backpack I had seen the first time and then checked the price of every other one that I saw while we traveled. I’ll have to convince myself that it’s not just a souvenir but a functional item for school because even though that price was much better than others it was still more than I really wanted, but it is embroidered and with leather.
We ate at a local restaurant called Mirador La Tranca. It was so high up on the mountain. Tranca is a word that means trunk, like of a tree. That signified the structure of the building. But, mirador means something like an outlook point. When you walked out onto the balcony you could see all the street lights of San José. It was absolutely beautiful. I also liked the signs on the walls inside the restaurant. We ordered two Tablas which fed all the people eating with us. We had to fit three tables together to sit us all. Even our taxi drivers ate supper with us. It was a lot of fun. As we got in our cab to go back to the hotel we gave everyone hugs and they said not to forget them when we went back. I’m sure I won’t.
We ate at a local restaurant called Mirador La Tranca. It was so high up on the mountain. Tranca is a word that means trunk, like of a tree. That signified the structure of the building. But, mirador means something like an outlook point. When you walked out onto the balcony you could see all the street lights of San José. It was absolutely beautiful. I also liked the signs on the walls inside the restaurant. We ordered two Tablas which fed all the people eating with us. We had to fit three tables together to sit us all. Even our taxi drivers ate supper with us. It was a lot of fun. As we got in our cab to go back to the hotel we gave everyone hugs and they said not to forget them when we went back. I’m sure I won’t.
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