We visited San Jose today, with our first stop being the San Jose Flea Market. This place was huge, one of the biggest we've ever been to. One problem is that everything for sale here was either from the Philippines, Taiwan, Mexico or China. Lots of clothes from China, lots of cheap knock offs and junk. They did have about 30 produce vendors that had a lot of nice produce. Overall it was a waste of time. We then stopped by the World's Largest Monopoly game board and took a few pictures. The board is made of granite and each square is carved in. Since we were the only people there, we did not play. We went to the new San Pedro Market Square, which is a lot of nice stores and restaurants in an area of renewal. The grand opening is next month, but many of the businesses are already open. We had a nice lunch at Peggy Sue's. Next door to the market is the Old Pueblo, the oldest structure in San Jose.
The highlight of our day was a visit to the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum. We entered through the peace garden and went into the museum. This museum has mummys, coffins, hieroglyphics on stone tablets, statues of pharaohs and lots of items found in tombs. They even had some mummys put through an MRI so that you could see what was inside the dressings and inside the mummys themselves. The artifacts were many and very interesting. It was quite fascinating.
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| Monopoly in the Park |
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| Monopoly board |
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| Resting on the Dice |
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| Go to Jail square |
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| Debbie in jail again |
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| The old pueblo |
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| Egyptian Museum |
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| Guarding the entrance |
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| Can you see Debbie at the door? |
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| Coffin |
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| Child Mummy |
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| Sacred Dog guards a tomb |
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| Hieroglyphics |
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| Model of the first ever pyramid |
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| Cleopatra |
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| Pharoh Adherha |
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| Inside a tomb |
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| Fertility carving |
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