It's been been raining a lot in Limon making it cooler than usual -- think 70F rather than 85F -- such that my family are wrapped up in blankets and the dog is wearing his fuzziest sweater. Though I was going to a beautiful island off the Pacific coast, we were spending Friday and Saturday nights in San Jose, and it briefly crossed my mind that San Jose is always much colder than the coasts... But I was trying to travel light with only my backpack and when I'd crammed all my beach stuff in I just didn't have room for jeans.

What a mistake, because when I showed up in San Jose Friday afternoon it was freezing (figuratively, obviously). It was probably 60F and windy, threatening rain. So I said a quick hello to my San Jose puppies Coco and Dickie, threw on my one long sleeved T shirt (thank you Jules) and headed to the Escazu Multiplaza with my friends from October orientation. This mall has all the flash and the same stores of a European mall, and was definitely on par with the malls I experienced last year in Krakow and Warsaw.

After returning to Dona Ivania's we had a fabulous dinner, petted the dogs, and hung out on the rooftop patio before forcing ourselves to bed. A 4:45am pickup was gonna come early.