How do you know its Independence day in Costa Rica?
1. You sing this song so many times that you can’t get it out of your head… well… maybe its just me, but I have gone to sleep and woken up with this song this week!
“Los hijos del pueblo levanten la frente al sol refulgente de la libertad. Sepamos ser libres no siervos menguados, derechos sagrados la Patria nos da.”
2. You don’t have class… hooray!
3. You see lots of red, white, and blue… sound familiar?
4. You go to a parade
5. You make it feel like a holiday with your family in the US by getting together with friends and playing wildlife adventure and dutch blitz :)
Today was really fun. The festivities started yesterday with a school-wide convocation to sing the national hymns, learn a little bit about history and culture, and proudly sport the national colors. Then last night there was a lantern parade for the school kids. They made their own lanterns, had a competition, and paraded around the block. This is typical for all the schools here. Then today we took a big group to the parade in San Pedro! I’m feeling very “tica” after all the celebrating.
Here are some fun pictures from today. Our group is the Hollidays (another MTW family), Chad and Nikki (also moving to Honduras), Melissa, Abby, Kate, Katie, and Michelle.
This last one wins best picture of the day :) I love it!
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