The 2 things Costa Ricans love the most

… coffee and soccer

The fun activity we did a few weeks ago was going to Heridia by bus to a “futbol” (soccer) game on Sun. A group from Oregon was here on a mission trip making tables and benches for the base in order for us to have class. We went to the game with this group and a Tico (local male). The round trip cost per person of buses was around $1.00, which was 20 minutes to San Jose then 15 walk through the city to another bus station to take the 45 min bus ride to the town of Heridia. We pulled up to the stadium painted in red and yellow (colors of Heridia). After eating at Pizza Hut (the only restaurant open and only sold Medium pizzas), we purchased tickets, and passed through poor security. We found our seats as beating drums and vendors yelling “la Coca Coca!” filled the air. The opposing team ended up winning surprisingly 1 to 0. During this time we got to know and enjoy the presents of one particular couple Andrew and Maria from Oregon, hopefully we’ll bump into each other in the future.


As for the coffee, you’d have to taste it to really know what I’m talking about. When we briefly went back to the States, we had American coffee… what a big let down. Here they have a pot brewing most of the day (i.e. breakfast, breaks, lunch, and dinner).