Holiday Inn Downtown San Jose My room is on the 16th floor, with only the 17th floor Dining Room above me. San Joe, Costa Rica |
I mainly look south with fewer tall buildings, but parts of sunrise/sunset. San Joe, Costa Rica |
Temple of Music in Morazan Park across the street San Joe, Costa Rica |
“Kissing Statue” Is another thing Morazan Park is known for. San Joe, Costa Rica |
1890 Escuelas Graduadas, famous metal school building San Joe, Costa Rica |
1890 Escuelas Graduadas, famous metal school building San Joe, Costa Rica This is one block from hotel and my check-in desk clerk Javier went to school here and was proud that I photographed it. |
This metal school building of course reminded me of the metal church building in Grecia, Costa Rica I shared it back in 2015. See a photo of that equally unusual church building in my gallery.
Museum of Modern Art?? Well, that was one name and there was some, but it was mostly a children’s art museum with a few adult works in one of 4 galleries. Disappointing. San Jose, Costa Rica |
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I did like this adult installation, for the color in Museum of Modern Art. San Jose, Costa Rica |
In the first gallery, there was a lot of clothing designed in CR, some book covers designed here, and a few other adult-made installations like the umbrellas above. The other three galleries were all work of school children interpreting life on other planets. Those galleries probably rotate or change and I suspect that some of the schools of design here display their work from time to time. So I will check their website before I go again to see what I’m getting into!
Feeding Pigeons Is an activity in every park in Costa Rica, by all ages. San Jose, Costa Rica |
The National Theater or Teatro Nacional Beside the Plaza of Culture San Jose, Costa Rica |
Flutist Statue at the National Theater San Jose, Costa Rica |
Clowns Sell Face-painting Plaza of Culture San Jose, Costa Rica |
Indigenous People Music On sidewalk across from Plaza of Culture San Jose, Costa Rica |
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And You Can Buy CD of the Indigenous MusicOn sidewalk across from Plaza of Culture San Jose, Costa Rica |
Big city life is always colorful and interesting anywhere in the world. No exception here!
And I made loads of photos of interesting old buildings on the streets I walked today. I may eventually add them to my San Jose or other photo gallery at Charlie Doggett’s COSTA RICA. This city has lots of interesting things to photograph! Tomorrow I start with old historic churches and then see what happens after that. This is almost as much fun as the real jungles, though I like their animals better! 🙂