La fiesta de independencia hasta 2016 se sentía diferente.
Costa Rica y Centroamérica obtuvieron su independencia de España el 15 de septiembre de 1821. Aunque Costa Rica no tuvo que luchar para lograr la nuestra. Solíamos tener un sentimiento muy patriótico en torno a la fecha. Y más que celebrar glorias pasadas. Nos hemos centrado en celebrar nuestra identidad y los éxitos actuales y […]
Estatuas vivientes
Desde hace varios años este hombre. -Cuya identidad que ignoro-. Se podía ver en San José casi todos los días. Completamente pintado en oro, es (creo) la única estatua viviente actual, o al menos la más regular, de la ciudad. Lo he visto tanto que efectivamente como una estatua a veces se pierde con el […]
Prusia and the Irazú Volcano.
In the province of Cartago, very near the capital (less than an hour by car) There is the Irazú Volcano National Park. One of ticos favorite oneday 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 famous […]
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 was situated directly opposite the largest music store in Costa Rica, Instrumentos Musicales Bansbach. As you can imagine, I probably spent more time inside the store than in the classrooms. There, I managed to befriend several people, including Don Dotti, the administrator, and Diego Fournier, who was in charge of the piano […]
Jose Figueres enjoying the concert.
As you may 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 […]