SFO to SJO

We've landed safely in San Jose, as of today. We had a great couple days in the city, hitting up all the must-see spots and having all the must-have coffees (Cafe Trieste) irish coffees (The Buena Vista Cafe) and favorite foods (Most places in North Beach. And everywhere.) Our hotel was in a great spot and put us in walking distance of almost everything. Those things that were further, we walked anyways....and took some buses. Our first day was mostly just walking around. We went up to Coit tower and looked out at the bay, had dinner in North Beach, and slept the rest of it off. We woke up just in time to have a beer at Vesuvio, right next to City Lights Bookstore. We even caught a real live SF earthquake to boot. Talk about the full experience. The next day we spread our wings further and hopped on a bus to the bridge, walked a little ways out to see the view, and then hopped back on the bus to Golden Gate Park and Ocean Beach. The weather was PERFECT in every way, a clear, sunny, AND warm day. Its not often you catch San Francisco on a day when its all three at the same time. We took a walk down Haight street and observed the mass of hippies and kids who desperately wish they were hippies, and men who desperately wish they were women and vice versa. People watching is always free, and on Haight street, priceless. We took one last bus ride to the aquatic center and walked all the way along the Embarcadero on the water through pier 39, and to the ferry building for an amazing affogatto. There was a small gathering of Occupy SF across the street and still, the weather was perfect. Couldn`t have asked for a better last day in the USA.
The next day we caught all our connections nearly seamlessly, including bumming over to Oakland in the morning to see my sister Coriander for an hour before we got back on the BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) and made it to SFO. (Ryan observed that its a good thing they didn`t name it `Francisco Area Rapid Transit`...hahaha.)
Step two on our travel itinerary was one night in Houston. Taco Bell and Men in Black II. Also a good night.
Now we are in San Jose, CR. Its raining a lot. The rainy season will go through November, usually, and some places are flooded so we have to figure out which roads are not passable. We plan on getting out of this city pronto. I`m sure its great for some people, but from our perspective, we don`t need to see much here this time around. As of right now, we are sitting in our hostel room. We got our own bathroom which was a bonus. It kind of smells like mold - but we can handle that. We have our brochures out looking for a new place to go tomorrow since we only have one night here. For now we`ll check out the area a little and see what we see.

So far this trip feels like the embodiment of the phrase:

Wherever you go, there you are.
-Some guy, every source is different.

And here we are.