Sunday, February 23, 2014

Naturally, I woke up at 6:15, so I went and sat outside of the pool for a little bit and made use of the wifi that I neglected the night before.  I found out that my Pokes beat Texas Tech for the first win since I left for Costa Rica.  There was much rejoicing in my heart and soul.  Katie’s parents woke up a little later, so I went to enjoy the free breakfast with them.  I had pancakes.  After a little while longer, Katie and McCall came to breakfast, too.  We decided to go to the Parque Nacional Manuel Antonio so that Katie’s parents could check out the trail while we forged ahead to get to one of the private beaches that had a shower that we could take advantage of when done with our beach going.  While hitting the trail, we saw a lot of raccoons this time.  They were everywhere and tried to get into our backpacks.  Joke’s on them because we did not have any food.  The waves were vicious on this fine morning.  They did their best to make us look silly, but we prevailed victorious.  After a bit, we took our showers and went to lunch.  We went to “The Avion” which was a restaurant that is built around an old airplane.  The bar is inside of the fuselage, but the best views are where we sat.  We were high up and had a terrific view of the ocean and all the forestry that surrounded it.  I had some delicious fettuccini alfredo.  After some breathtaking pictures, we headed back down the mountain to catch the bus.  While on the bus, Katie had an interesting incident.  When we stopped for people in Quepos, a lady pointed at the seat next to Katie indicating that that was her seat.  Katie got up and let the lady into the seat.  The lady’s friend proceeded to sit right next to her.  When Katie tried to explain that that was her seat, the lady shook her head up and down and proceeded not to care.  Katie just sat in the seat behind where one of the ladies was supposed to sit (which actually turned out to be closer to everyone else), but it was a strange encounter nonetheless.  We got home a little before 6:00 and took a taxi home.  For the third time of the trip, we made McCall sit on people’s laps during the taxi ride.  We passed by Estadio Nacional which had a big soccer match between Alajulea and Deportiva Saprissa.  The place was packed.  When we got home, we dropped off our stuff and went to a little Italian place nearby.  We had some delicious pizza that included some fresh pineapples.  Afterwards, we walked Katie’s parents to their hotel and checked it out.  It was a really neat little shindig that they really enjoyed.  We said our farewells and went back to our houses.  It was a great weekend and I was ready for some shuteye.