Sometimes I really think San José doesn't like me...

...but I really like San Josè, except for its streets.
So, since the teaching job at that small Christian school is only part-time, I am still job-hunting. But whenever I step into a bus, the nightmare begins.
First of all, ALL the streets in San José look exactly alike and I am not the only one that says that. Second, there is no main bus station for the local busses or the over-land busses. So, if you want to go south to the Caribbeans, you have to go to another bus station then when you want to go to north to the beaches at the Pacific. For Germans that is very hard to understand because we have one huge central train station in the big cities and that is where all the trains are leaving from and will arrive. That makes changing trains so much easier! But the worst thing is that different local busses stop at different streets although the bus stop has the same name. Today I spent nearly an hour in a bus riding around San José (not knowing where I was) because the bus did not stop at the bus stop of Teatro Nacional that I already knew. But it stopped somewhere on a really busy street a bit away of Teatro Nacional. That is soooooo confusing for foreigners!!! I know, I'm spoiled. In Germany, the local buses, trams, and underground trains have nice little maps inside them and at every stop a speaker calls out the name of the stop and it is written in bright red letters on a display. I don't necessarily like Germany, but sometimes I have to admit that its infrastructure is simply amazing!
There is another point one can mention: San José's bus drivers are always in a bad mood and I know why. I can't imagine that anybody would like to be a bus driver there. The streets are always packed with cars and 50% of the drivers don't know that a red light means stop. (Of course, the streets of Berlin or Munich are also busy, but somehow it seems to be so much more organized.) I mostly feel pity for the bus driver. And soon I will feel sorry for me because my car is in San José right now and I have to drive it out of it...somehow...preferably alive...and the car being in one piece. Well, wish me luck!
Cristian said I complain too much about Costa Rica. Hmm...maybe that is right, but it doesn't mean that I don't like it. It's just that things are soooooo different here and it's easier to see the bad things than the good things. But I can point out some good things, e.g. getting a new passport here only takes 3 weeks instead of 6 weeks in Germany. It's easier to find a job than in Germany right now (if you have a working permit). And of course, it has all the incredible nature, empty white beaches and views you would never be able to find in Germany. Everytime I come to San José at night and you can see all those lights in the valley, it almost makes me cry; that's how pretty it is. (By the way, by daylight San Josè is, unfortunately, not so pretty anymore. I think I am having a dejavu...or have I written that exact same sentence before?)
Although I complain so much, I do want to stay in Costa Rica and I definitely want to move to San José or ... well, maybe the mountains of Heredia (more peace, more nature, lower temperatures)!

PS. Do you think I should send the Ministry of Transportation a little letter and suggest building an underground system for San José? Because that's the thing hat is missing!