Slideshow Index: San Jose & Suburbs

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• Kathy at the San Pedro Mall near our hotel
• Across the street from our hotel
• Kathy and two canadian ladies at Il Pomodoro restaurante in San Pedro
• We liked this restaurant and returned a couple of times
• The bank and money museum was just below the Plaza de la Cultura
• A view along the Caminata, the main shopping street of San Jose
• Supper at Manalo's restaurante
• Note the "Pura Vida", Costa Rican for the good life
• This band was entertaining us that evening
• The elections were held the last week with car parades everywhere
• Election car parades with friendly rivalry between groups
• Elections are a cause for big parties in Costa Rica
• Watching the Super Bowl at Sam & Linda's apartment
• Kathy, Linda, & Sam watching the game
• Arnie gets in this picture
• Indigenous pottery at the National Museum
• Pottery at the Museo Nacional
• An ancient grave site
• An outside passageway
• Another corridor at the Museum
• Butterflies in the Butterfly room
• Another type of Butterfly
• The folded wings of the Blue Morpho
• Another variety of butterly
• View southwest of San Jose from the Museum grounds
• An oxcart at the museum
• A well on the museum lawn
• Entrance to the Museo Nacional
• A colorful bird at the entrance
• Entrance to the museum of art and contempory art
• Celebrating the 500th year since the arrival of Columbus
• Statues along the way
• Fountain in front of the National Theater in San Jose
• Arnie en La Plaza de la Cultura
• The Gran Hotel is across from the National Theater
• The outdoor cafe at the Gran Hotel
• Bagelmen's was close to our hotel in San Pedro
• The pigeons on the Plaza de la Cultura
• Touring the Mercado Central with Candace and Sam
• Having lunch and cervezas at Manalo's restaurante
• Pierre (Montreal) joins us at lunch
• A stream in Escazu, a suburb of San Jose
• Plaza San Rafael in Escazu
• Jennifer & Henry are owners of Henry's Bar & Grill in Escazu
• The kids train in the Terra Mall (between San Jose & Cartago)
• This is a new and large mall
• The main entrance to Terra Mall
• Another view of the entrance
• The Interamerican Institute of Human Rights in San Pedro
• An Ecuadorian band near the Gran Hotel & Caminata (walkway)
• A second visit to the National Museum with Sam & Linda
• Sam took the picture of us
• A cloudy day picture looking west
• View from the second floor balcony of the National Theater
• A balcony view of the inside of the beautiful theater
• Our tour guide was excellent
• The main chandelier of the theater
• Sam & Linda from the front of the theater
• There are some very good paintings in the theater
• The theater garden in front