The town of San Joaquín de Flores, where we live, is in the province of Heredia, but it is also more or less a suburb of the capital city of San José. On Thursday afternoon, we spent a few hours on a tour of the city. First we drove through some of the more affluent neighborhoods and saw the home of the current president, Oscar Arias, as well as the US Embassy. Then we drove into the heart of the city and had lunch at a typical restaurant near the National Museum. Our food was served on a wooden plank lined with banana leaves, and we had our choice of type of "casado," which is the very traditional and VERY common dish of beans and rice and either beef, chicken or fish, usually served with a
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