Friday, January 21, 2011

Steelers, Beer and the Terrible Towel

The Steelers are playing Saturday evening so for Danny this means: t.v. and beer!!! I am happy to wander around our new city on the hunt for beer while he settles in front of the tube with terrible towel in hand. (see picture)
There are at best about 5 choices of beer here in Costa Rica, and if we are lucky, we can score a Heinekin in a bottle, happy days!!! But usually and especially in the Super Mercado, we have the choice of Imperial or Pilsen in the can.....not much variety as they are both watery and flat tasting, a far cry from the wonderful hops we have back home. These suds do the trick however, considering at this point we are typically enjoying a beer or two after a long hot day of travelling, hiking or exploring.
The coffee however well makes up for what they lack in tasty beer, when we can get it!!! Seems like when we have early morning excursions and definately on Sundays, there is no easy way of just walking into a cafe and getting one to go on the fly.....it's usually a bit of a process, BUT well worth the work:-)
The Steelers win which means another game the following Sunday which means hunting for a sports bar wherever we are at that point. This reminds me of this past summer when we were on a road trip from Montreal to Boston while the World Cup was on: part of our adventure was finding the most happening and festive place to watch the match where the biggest fans were.....more of a tough task finding American football fans in Costa Rica however, LOL!
It turns out that the festival we came across along our bus travel was actually the National Bull Riding Championships that was coming to a close the next day, Sunday!!! Sounds like a plan:-)

1 comment:

  1. What a fabulous way to experience football! Gord will be cheering for the Packers.

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