Sunday 9/14/08

Today we woke up, ate breakfast and rested and wondered Limon before we headed to church. We went to First Baptist Church, a really old church founded in 1888. It is an English-speaking African American Baptist church (honestly, who knew this could be found in the middle of Latin America). After church, we hopped on the buses and made our way back to San Jose (ugh, that means back to real life). After a lunch stop and approximately 3.5 hours on a bus we made it back to San Jose. The minute I walked in the door (at home) I was immediately pushed back out the door by my family. We were headed to our cousins house for cafecito (a word that means coffee break, most Costa Ricans have cafecita everyday around 5 pm). After cafecita, we headed outside and watched the desfile (Spanish word for parade). Tomorrow is Independence Day here, so there was a huge parade to begin the celebrations. It’s really cute. The kids all make small lanterns and carry them through the streets. We came home and Pamela, our cousin Dayana, and I had a girl’s night (meaning we popped popcorn, snuggled in my bed and watched girly Disney movies).