Driving To Grecia From Our New Home in San Roque de Grecia, Costa Rica

On Sunday May 22nd, we needed to drive to MaxiPali in Grecia to exchange (we thought) a Durabrand coffee maker that we had purchased the previous day. When we got it home, neither of us could open the lid of the pot and we could hear something rattling around inside. We thought it was defective.

We told the guard at the store what we needed to do and eventually a manager type guy came to help us. He couldn’t get the lid off either. The guard, smarter than all three of us, soon had it removed. Turns out the pot is actually a carafe with a sealer type lid that keeps the coffee hot for a long time, unlike a glass pot. The lid just needed to be turned left. But I swear that wasn’t obvious! We couldn’t make it happen and the instruction booklet didn’t address this subject.

The rattling noise was a coffee measuring spoon. “Soy estúpida” I said, which got a laugh.

Here is the carafe:

Since it was a lovely sunny morning, we decided to video our drive to MaxiPali, then Super Rosvil for a few groceries and home, using our car cam. It being Sunday, the Spandex Brigade were out in force and some of them are crazy. Super Rosvil is owned 100% by Costa Ricans and I frequently shop there.

This is the route from our house to MaxiPali:

In the video, I mention CoopeVictoria. It is an agro-industrial cooperative that was established in 1943 in the canton of Grecia. Their sugar cane processing facility is not too far from our house. Recently there was a lot of sugar cane harvesting occurring and tractor after tractor were arriving at the plant to unload their cane. I took this photo of a tractor and cane trailer that we were driving behind.

I also mention Serví-Frio, a heating, ventilation and air conditioning shop just up from our house. Their sign on calle Carbonal is our marker to turn into the laneway leading down to our house.

Here is the video:

Note: The date/time stamp on the video is incorrect. The correct date is May 22, 2022.

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