 La Casa de Franco |
 Pizza on the front porch from a shop up the street |
 A corner of the house; church behind |
 Plant called "Queen of the Night" |
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 The flowers came out in the daylight and closed up at night |
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 View across the street from the front porch |
 Closer-up view of the lunch/snack bar. Behind it to the left is a Jiffy-Lube type business. |
 The "Soda" (lunch bar) up close |
.jpg) Many busses and trucks passed by here |
 View up the block from Franco's, showing the church |
 The church |
 The Muñeco (doll), for which the "Soda" (lunch bar) is named |
 Franco told us the Muñeco was made for a Costa Rica exhibit at a world's fair in Belgium sometime around 1900 |
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The Super Herrero on the left was our "corner grocery store", tucked around the corner behind the Jiffy-Lube. (You can see the sign for Castrol oil.) The store was run by Costa Ricans of Chinese descent who spoke perfectly normal Costa Rican Spanish. (Many Chinese immigrated to Costa Rica to take jobs building the railroad.) A special attraction was a very cute kitten about 6 - 8 weeks old that lived on one of the lower shelves inside the left entrance. |
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| Neighboring houses | |
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