Happy Independence Day! Yes, today is Costa Rica’s equivalent of our 4th of July. I was told to be ready to go to the local parade by 8 am. So, being the on-time cultured American, I woke up early to go for a run, showered and was ready to go at 7:55. The only problem, no one else was awake. Welcome to Latin America, where being ready by eight actually means 9 or 10 or whenever you like. I’m convinced no matter how much time in Latin America I will never understand exactly how timeliness works. So, once everyone woke up and ate breakfast we left the house around 9ish. We walked to downtown Tibas, met up with extended family and sat outside Papi’s work to watch the parade. It was a hot and humid morning and the parade went on forever and it was somewhat repetitive, since the only groups that marched were different local schools and each school did the exact same thing (carrying the flag, marching band, baton twirlers, etc). After the parade we came home and had some lunch. After lunch, I hit the books, as I had a big paper to write about Limon. I spend most the afternoon writing my paper and doing the assigned reading for tomorrow’s class (where we’ll visit the US embassy). I attempted to tackle the uphill battle I’ve been facing with calling cards, but no luck. We ate dinner and said our goodnights.
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