festival of lights.

saturday in san jose was christy and i's adventure for the weekend, and we were far from disappointed. now this may sound wrong but, here in nicoya, people "hype up" all the wrong things. they tell us, ohh this festival will be awesome, and we see people chopping wood for an hour. oh this place is incredible and so beautiful, and well...you get the point. people make a big deal out of things. but they failed on this one. saturday in san jose was the festival de la luz (aka the festival of lights). no one told us anything about this event, christy just really wanted to go to the city for a day. so i tagged along, because one cannot travel alone for starters, and two we heard there was some festival going on.

we caught a ridiculously early bus saturday morning...another one of those 430 mornings. and well, we didnt exactly have seats on the bus, so on the floor we went for the first two hours. costa ricans are some crazy bus travelers. we started to arrive in the city and literally saw the streets roped off at 9am and people were taking their spots. we thought they were crazy, but yall, this festival was probably the macy's thanksgiving day parade this country. its HUGE!

we did our shopping for the fam and such in the morning and late afternoon. i was surprised i slightly knew my way around this city still since its been two years since i was here last. and lunch/dinner was glorious. subway! we do love a good sub sometimes, and 5 weeks without one, makes subway taste incredible. anywho. we checked into our hostel before we went to the parade festivities. only the polar opposite side of town from where we were after our market shopping. 40 block walk on a crowded street for exercise: check.

the hostel was a low key place, but it was good just to talk to other americans for a little bit. christy loved it, because she literally hasnt spoken to but 5 people her whole time in costa rica. language barriers are hard for her. after checking in, we lightened the loads of our backpacks and headed back on the street to try and find a place. oh man, we got SO lucky. nad by lucky, i do mean we got a front row spot on the most disgusting curb in san jose, but it was a place to sit and wait/ watch the parade. there were lights and floats and santa came too! there had to be at least 1 million people lined on the streets, and the whole thing was broadcasted all over the country. i was rather pleased with our weekend trip this week :)

this morning, we took a slow morning and drank our coffee at the hostel and such. fact: at the greenway house i have a favorite purple mug, kaity knows all about it. and here, at this same hostel, there was a matching blue twin. i loved it. made my coffee experience just that much more joyful this morning. and did i mention our hostel had a bar? well it did. so i did my quiet time with my cup of coffee at the bar this morning. i just thought that was a funny side note.

but now, we are safely back in nicoya, after another crazy bus ride back...we at least hate seats this go round, but peoples butts were standing in christy's face, for a good 2 hours. we just kept singing some bubba sparks to ourselves and were cracking up. i love giggle moods. speaking of, im in one now, because im just exhausted. not much sleep this weekend, and my bed is calling my name. sending some amor and abrazos your way!