The second day in Costa Rica I woke up at 7:30 and was the first time I did not take a shower the whole day in a couple years. However, there was a hot breakfast waiting for us that consisted of delicious coffee, watermellon, toast, and a cerial called Zurcaritas more commonly known in the United States as Frosted Flakes, still with Tony the Tiger saying "They're Great"! in spanish. We then proceded to say "adios" as she gave us both a set of two keys to the house that opened the different locks. She walked us as little ways and gave us directions to the Universidad. We took a tour, got our pictures taken for student I.D. cards, then reboarded the bus from last night to go all over the place in San Jose to sight see. We drove by the presidents house who that besides a couple of cameras and high fences had no visible elaborate security. He also drove the same Honda CR-V that I drive at home. We also saw the National Theatre, walked all over the city, and ate at a delicious local authentic resturant. Around the city they had landmarks of life-size cows that different artists painted. My top three favorites were the cow in the trees dressed like a tourist on the zip line, a cow that had a shish-kabob gong through it with chunks of meat and vegetables painted on the side, and also there was one that had just slices of a cow, appearing it was in the middle of a butcher working on it. We returned to have dinner with the host families, and as we were getting off the bus to go home it started to opur rain. It was terrentially downpouring, and I had never experienced rain coming down for so long so hard because it almost lasted through the night. No matter where we went that day we stuck out like tourists, and everyone around knew it. We were stared at constantly for the clothing styles were pretty different. Also I was coonstantly paranoid my packpack was going to either get taken or stolen from. The natives are all very friendly for the most part though. They are relaxed and laid back. While we were on the tour earlier there seemed to be a couple of kids in every party out at least, which I would like to know how the population is growing. The next day we visited Cintes, which is a not-for-profit business that acts as the middle man for companies that are looking to expand into Costa Rica, because they have a lot of great benefits that are attractive to many companies. The woman that presented talked about the promotion of Foreign Direct Investment, how they have been very stable and have had great economic growth over the last 20 years, and that the financial sector is increasing, as well as medical and electronic services.