Sunday, June 15, 2008

Day 1: Sunday, June 15 - Getting to Costa Rica


First and foremost, I was asked to send a Fathers' Day greeting to all of the fathers out there, so Happy Father's Day! I know it is not the same for any of us, but the best we could do is have me sit in for the traditional photo of dad surrounded by all the kids.

The flight that most of us took - 2:10 AM TACA flight from LAX - was uneventful. Although we left a little late, we arrived on time at SJO to find a beautiful sunny morning. Our luggage made it, too, and we made it through customs without any problems. Outside at the ground transportation area, the van driver was there waiting for us, as planned. After loading our luggage, we piled in and headed for downtown San Jose. Being Sunday, the traffic was light and we arrived at Hotel Aranjuez in about thirty minutes. The rooms were not yet ready, so we sat around in a shaded courtyard and chatted, learned a little about Costa Rica's history, and some of us even dozed off.

Everyone went their own way for a while, depending on whether they wanted to nap, freshen up, or eat. We met again on the courtyard at 5:00 to go over plans for tomorrow - a visit to Universidad de Creativa - and to go over some of the logistics of the next few days.


That's it for now. Tune in tomorrow for the next installment of Global Apparel Adventures, brought to you by your favorite and mine, Woodbury University.

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