My Walk to School

One afternoon after Spanish, I was bored, so I decided to go around the neighborhood to take pictures. While taking pictures, I decided it would be a great idea to document my walk to school from my house, to show everyone back at home what I see on a daily basis.  What I see isn't anything too exciting, there's Eiffel Tower or Big Ben, but it does, show the real neighborhood in San José.

In total my walk to school is only about 5 minutes long. I'm pretty lucky considering there are some people in my program that have 15-20 minute walks.

The school across the street from my house. This is the school my tico brothers attend.

A view of my street. I walk past these everyday.

My view looking back from the top of the road. 

Little convenience store. It's owned by a single old women.

Purple House! It's the house at the end of my street, and my landmark.

Dental Office on the corner of my street.  Note the bars and the barbed wire.

I turn right onto this street. It's a pretty busy road, if you can't tell.

Costa Rica high school of Chemistry.

Dos Pinos, is a big dairy company in CR. There are little Dos Pinos stores all around San Jose, only selling dairy products. They have really good ice-cream.

Walking up the street.

A little taste of the poor sidewalk quality.

This house's yard has tons of junk for sale. They also have a few roosters.

Glass on the sidewalks is common. 

Empty lot littered with trash.

The view down the road.

Crazy intersection. You definitely have to look all four ways before crossing.

Garbage can.

Little park on the median of the road.

One of the school parking lots.

View looking back at the park.

These posters are all over my neighborhood.

Almost there!

Billboards on the other side of the road.

Light posts are typically covered with posters and advertisements.

Granizados signs. They are everywhere as well. A granizados is a snow cone.

Veritas University, my school.

The other building across the street. On the right hand side, there is a little food stand.  An older guy cooks food there every day. He sells hamburgers, empanadas, calzones, and other grilled food.

¡Pura Vida!