Festival de la Luz
Last Saturday I hung out with the Brazilians for the Festival de la Luz in downtown San Jose. The festival is the Costa Rican version of the Macy's or Rose Parade, having floats and all that (though of a more humble variety) and, as I found out, lasts all damn day and into the night.
We gathered at the Soda Tapia in Paseo Colon just east of Sabana Park around noon. We staged around 1:30 and the first group to go went around three. We were approx. the fifth group in line and ended up on Avenida Sugundo near the National Museum around quarter to six (which is when the fireworks start and the lighted floats begin). Well past 9 PM I was already in bed watching the rest of the parade wind down.
Here's the link for the front end of the parade. I made the page mostly for the Brazilians to see if they can find a picture of themselves to send home to family and friends in Brazil, but there's some other stuff in there too.
