The fun started yesterday. My neighbor and adopted Costa Rican family took me to their children's school for their Independence Day program. It was adorable with all the children dressed up in typical Costa Rican costumes performing dances and singing. Parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, brothers, sisters and friends were all there to support their favorite student. They had all types of Costa Rican foods to sell. We ate empanadas. I made the mistake of calling mine a sandwich. Manuel quickly corrected me with a great laugh.
Today we celebrated my favorite way with a PARADE! Anyone who knows me knows how much I love parades. This was one of the best I have been to. The reason why you ask? The entire parade was children. Even the older dancers were high school kids. It was colorful, it was magical, it was Independence Day!
The day started with a beautiful sunrise then off to the children's school at 7:00 AM. Today was a National Holiday, but all the schools had the children attend in uniform to say their pledge of allegiance, sing the National Anthem, and say a prayer. This is a public school. The respect and discipline that is taught to the Costa Rican children is why the country is ranked as one of the top countries in literacy.
Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 97.8%
male: 97.7%
female: 97.8%
Then we were off to the parade. I will let the pictures speak to the joy of every second. I will spare you my 72 pictures and just post a few.
To cap off a perfect day I joined my adopted Tico family, and we all had lunch at a neighborhood Soda.
Feliz Independencia Dia....
Pura Vida!
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