I live in San Jose like I live in Cleveland, it's not the city proper, but it's easier than saying the suburb and no one knowing what you are talking about. So yesterday I (along with the rest of my group) went to San Jose, and here is the story.
About half of them went into the city on Tuesday, so the rest of us had to depend on them with regards to buses and directions. When we got to the bus stop, we had to wait for the right bus, which is harder than it looks, when no one wants to make the wrong decision. Needless to say, we arrived at the bus stop at 2:30 and didn't get into San Jose until quarter after three. It was not a 45 minute bus ride. When we finally got there, everything went smoothly. We bought watches and walked around a beautiful downtown. In fact, it wasn't until we were in the bus, on our way back that we ran into a problem; but what a problem.
See, there is this store, called "Super Bataria" right around the corner from where we all live. Apparently there is more than one Super Bataria, but we didn't know that. We now know that. As I am sure you have already guessed, we got off at the wrong spot. Not wanting to waste any money getting on another bus, we just decided to walk. Fortunately, one of us knew where we were going, so a forty five minute walk later (and only having to cross one insanely busy street), we were all home.
My travel advise to all who read this is don't take a walking tour of an area unless it's planned; it's not nearly as fun.
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