The other day i got my first experience of shopping at a Costa Rica mall. I walked with a group of people about the mile and a half walk to the local mall to go shopping with everyone. I was supprised to see how similar it was to malls in the U.S., even down to the 100 colones gumball machines everywhere. The had Tommy Hilfinger stores and Hollister stores and all of the popular American brands, but they were mixed in with several local stores that were in Spanish I had never heard of before. They even had almost identical pet shops, except I think their's smelled a little worse. A bunch of us guys found the sports store where they were selling cheap soccer jerseys and we went crazy. They had great deals on jerseys that you simply cannot find in the United States because soccer or "football"is not big enough. After 45 minutes on deciding which jerseys I wanted it was time to pay and leave. I still have not gotten a chance to visit the local market to shop, or to eat at the local KFC, my two top priorities.