Sorry for the lack of post yesterday. I spent the whole entire day out with Ana and her family. It was so much fun!
We started out a 9 am to go to the parade of the saints. It was pretty hectic with so many people crowded around, but a really cool experience. The floats consisted of people carrying different saints and then music accompanying them. There were a few different floats that were making their saints dance, which we learned in class is not traditional, but adds some livelihood to the parade for sure.
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| Ana seems to know everyone in this town |
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| Family |
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| Even the police had a saint |
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| people everywhere.. |
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| Candy! |
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| Hometown! |
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| The King and Queen of the parade |
After the parade we came home, I took a nap, than then we went out to meet up with more family at a club. It was so cool! There is no place in America that I can think of for older people to gather and dance their hearts out. The place was huge, and had live latin music with a huge dance floor and seating area. We drank a classic drink that consists of Cacique (alcohol from Costa Rica), Fresca, salt, and lime over ice. I danced with Ana (very poorly) and it was a lot of fun, despite how horrible I was.
After downing dancing until we were too tired, a few of us left and headed to the bar that their family owns. There was a couple from Newfoundland who was there to sing Karaoke for a woman who had taken their son in a few years back who had passed. This woman was Ana's family member, and it was my first time translating, telling her why they were here. Ana was very sad, but I was able to tell her that the woman had touched the lives of people across the world and how beautiful that was. Very moving.
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| Ana's cousin and nephews who we hung with the whole night |
So that was my San Ramon day, full of saints and drinking, but more importantly spending quality family time and meeting new people!
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