Ticos are friendly!

Eric Feher

Today we woke up and after breakfast we began our tour of the city, San Jose! It was very interesting. In terms of architecture San Jose is almost a melting pot of sorts. There are elements of many European and indigenous art, ranging from a few centuries old to modern. After our tour ended we went to the bank to exchange out money into Costa Rican Colons. This was the first time when I really noticed the language barrier, the banker asked me a question and I didn’t know how to respond. After the money was exchanged I felt rich, I has 10 000 bills.

Once we arrived back to the hotel we quickly got dressed and ready to interview Epsy Campbell. The one thing that really stuck out during the interview was when she was speaking on the issue of immigration. She noted the root cause and said that lain America needs to change in order for people not to want to leave.

Finally we went to a local high school. Here we played soccer and basketball. In soccer we lost horribly, in basketball the teams were relatively equally matched. I was very surprised by how friendly and welcoming they seemed.