Even Costa Rica has a Wal-Mart

It's here.

Danimals!

Monteverde Brand yogurt.

Well, it finally happened. Wal-Mart finally came to Costa Rica. All of the years when I would tell people that Costa Rica didn’t have Wal-Mart and didn’t need one have come to an end. My mama tica and I made a trip to the store today to get eggs, and I wandered around like a gringa would…taking pictures and drawing comparisons for my Spanish classes to see in the fall.

In case you’re wondering, the Wal-Mart here is almost exactly like the ones we are accustomed to back home. They have the same brands (see the Danimals picture) intermixed with Costa Rican brands (see the Monteverde Brand picture). The store has it all—from food to household appliances to a vision center. All at the lowest prices of course.

And true to Wal-Mart tradition, the demographic remains about the same as the U.S.—in case you were wondering that too.

I am still making my usual adjustments down here (i.e. forgetting that the toilet paper goes in the trash can, not the toilet).

Two of the chaperones and I met up and went to Longhorns last night for fun. It was really nice to just hangout and relax. I’ll be meeting up with them again in Monteverde!

It’s time to have my last dinner with my host family. : ( I’m really sad to leave them. Mayi and her family are the best host family one could have, and I am truly going to miss staying here this summer. It’s a good thing I will still see her at work in Heredia!

Café Britt tomorrow followed by a transfer to Monteverde. Pura Vida. : )

Amor,
Jessica Lynn

Learned another phrase: Pueblo pequeño, Infierno grande. (Small town, big hell.) Not necessarily true, but fun to say anyway : )