If a phone number starts with a 2, it’s a home phone. Starting with 6, 7, or 8 indicates a cell phone line divided by provider (Claró, Movistar, Ice).
The movie theater has the BEST popcorn! Here, you can mix the butter popcorn and carmel corn for a delicious sweet-salty mix. Genius!
“La bomba” is also what they call gas stations...same word as “bomb” and “firework”. Yeah, they don’t teach you that in Spanish class. I was really confused when I saw a sign “La Farmacia de Bomba”...didn’t seem right. Or safe. But, turns out, the pharmacy is in a building that was previously a gas station. Makes sense now.
After Independence Day, Ticos start celebrating Christmas. Yes, it’s only October but there are full window displays on Avenida Central (the main walking street downtown San Jose) and I walked into a store playing Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer. It makes sense because they don’t celebrate Halloween or Thanksgiving but it’s just too soon...too soon...
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