15th of September 2016 felt different.
Costa Rica and Central America got their independence from Spain on the 15th of September 1821. Although Costa Rica did not have to fight to achieve ours. We used to have a very patriotic feeling around the date. And more than celebrating past glories. We’ve focused on celebrating our identity, and current successes and talking […]
Living statue
For several years now this guy. -Who’s an identity I ignore-. Can be seen in San José almost every day. Fully painted in gold he is (I believe) the only current or at least the most regular living statue of the city. I have come to see him so many times. That he indeed loses […]
Prusia and the Irazú Volcano.
In the province of Cartago, very near the capital (more or less an hour by car) There is the Irazú Volcano National Park. One of ticos favorite one-day trips for the weekends. Some years ago. I went there with a couple of friends. There is a place just passing the old Sanatorio Duran (the most […]
I don’t remember her name.
I’ve been trying to remember her name and have not been able to do it. She was the youngest daughter of a caregiver for a client’s mother. She and I became friends immediately. To the point that I often have to run away from her. One of the quintessential children I ever met she was […]
Costa Rica is music. A night with Felipe Fournier
My high school used to be just in front of the biggest music store in Costa Rica, instrumentos musicales Banshbach. So you can figure it out. I probably spent more time inside the store than inside the classrooms. There I (in the store) managed to make friends with several people. Don Dotti the administrator and […]
Jose Figueres enjoying the concert.
As you probably know Costa Rica is a country without an army. The event happened on December 1st, 1941. After the Army of Liberación Nacional defeated a coalition of the communist party, the government of Rafael Angel Calderón Guardia, and the Nicaraguan army This is one of the biggest highlights of our history. It allowed […]