el Dia de la Independencia

Yesterday was Independence Day (no school!) and I went to downtown Heredia with some friends to check out the festivities.  We watched about 45 minutes of the parade and decided to ditch that to find some shade.  The parade seemed to repeat itself: each school had a banner followed by little cheerleaders, xylophones and drums.  They were still working their way through all the local elementary schools when we quit watching.  I think after that they had the high schools.  After the parade we sat (in the shade) in the central park and watched people.  The little girls with their traditional dresses were very cute!  We then went to get some lunch.  I had Subway (the first fast food I have had since arriving here).  Some of the others went to a pizza place and we found out that the owner there is from the U.S. and talked to him for awhile.  I came home around 2:00 and just bummed around the house the rest of the day.  It is nice to have a day off every once in awhile.

"Costa Rica: a country of peace"