Christmas?

When I think about Christmas I imagine a colourful Christmas tree and snow. Well, not even in my hometown in Germany it’s always cold enough to have white Christmas, but at least I’m hoping for it every year.
However, in Guanacaste it was simply to hot for Christmas! It’s like it never happened. I did get a present and Cristian cooked something nice for me, but it could have also been my birthday.
On the 25th of December we went to the beach of Tamarindo (at the Pacific side of Costa Rica). We went body boarding (And I’m actually pretty good at it! :-P), had ice cream, and got sunburned although we had used sunscreen. However, on our way back I realized that I still have to work on my patience a lot if I want to survive in Costa Rica. We went with a bunch of Cristian’s co-workers in a privately rented bus. After the beach some of them wanted to stop in Liberia (a town on our way back) and watch a movie. But part of the group (including Cristian and me) were against it because we were pretty tired and all sandy. So, when we stopped at a mall in Liberia, we were told that we only have half an hour and could do some shopping. Well, Cristian and I did our shopping and wanted to go back to the bus. But on our way we met two girls who told us that now some of them went to see a movie which would take nearly 3 hours to finish. I was tired, cranky, and ready to kill all the Costa Ricans for their slowness! I was suggesting to go to the centre of Liberia and maybe do some window-shopping or have a beer, but Cristian thought it was just as dangerous going out at night in Liberia as it would be in San José. Well, after waiting for 2,5 hours, we made the movie-goers come out before the movie was over and by midnight we were finally home!

However, it was still a nice trip! And since I can’t change the Costa Ricans, I will have to change and get much more relaxed and patient.

PS. Here a picture of the front of Cristian: Don’t you also think that he has a bit of a bad boy in him?