soon after school started we got a little tast of costa rican life through the celebration of independence day. at school we all dressed in the appropriate colors (which happen to be the same as in the US) and the kids had a parade and sang songs, including the national anthem in spanish (which they knew quite well). the eve of indendence day includes children's parades with lanterns called faroles. we missed that, but did get to see a good display of fireworks from right in front of our house. the next morning we saw a parade, which was mostly made up of student bands. we had heard them practicing all week!you can see more pictures from the school celebration and the rest of august and september here: http://lafamiliamacy.shutterfly.com/
