Exploring Heredia

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Yesterday was our first full day here in Heredia, Costa Rica, which is a city in between two sets of mountains.

We wandered a bit in the morning, changing money at the bank (the exchange rate is about 535 colones for every $1), and exploring nearby shops and an indoor market. We found a great artesan shop, with all kinds of wooden carvings, furniture, and plates. As you'll see in the following picture, Zem bought a water coconut, and several of us tried it, and it was sweet and delicious.



We also bought some mangoes and passion fruit. Leif and I ended up at a pastry shop, where we tried something called 'oreja' which is Spanish for 'ear.' By the size of it, the whole name should have been elephant ear, because it was a large crispy piece of sugary dough that appeared fried. After that we found another market, which had little shops that served food inside. This is what we had (fajitas de pollo, casado), which was chicken cooked with onions and bell peppers, chayote (that green chopped squash), rice, beans, pasta salad, and plantanos maduros (those yummy ripe, sweet fried plantains again! :) )

Well, sorry about the weird order of the pictures. The top picture is of passion fruit, which I was surprised to find had a squishy middle that reminded me of pomegranate, because you suck on the seeds to get the fruit you eat off them. I'm not actually all that fond of it, as it's such a messy process. :) I'll stick to drinking the juice.