Dia de la Independencia

Hi! So we haven't left yet, we first had our parade for Independence day this morning.  I have been in alot of parades in my day, but this was by far the best/longest one ever.  We got to sleep in, which was nice, and met everyone at 8am close to town.  After getting our kids lined up to walk, we went into town to a like ceremony type thing with pretty much the whole town.  There were politicians and dances in front of everyone, it lasted about an hour.  Mind you, it's the only morning this week that hasn't been overcast, and it was probably about 90 degrees outside.So all the kids had to sit around and listen to these politicians and watch the dances, it only lasted maybe an hour-ish, but it was just loooonnngggg.  Then it was pretty much mass caios again.  We had to get onto the street and get the entire school lined up.....amongst about 5 other schools, I think.  It seemed like alot, maybe just 3 though.  So once that happened we started to march......throughout the entire town.  Now, we could probably walk the town in about a half hour?  Maybe 45 minutes, like every street.  So it's a pretty small town, however, the parade took about an hour-ish.  Which doesn't seem long to you people sitting in air conditioning right now, but outside, amongst a town of people, no breezes because all the buildings pretty much block it, there were a few at intersections, but it seemed like for-ev-errrr!  It was a nice morning though, the dances were nice, I think they were authentic dances?  I'm not sure, I was sitting not really paying attention and then I heard music haha.  Here are some pictures, it doesn't really do it justice, but you'll get a little glimpse of my morning.

 The town was all decorated, as you can see all the people surrounding us on the streets.  The girl with the watch has a bag of water, yes that's what many people drink out of, it's rather tricky to do.

 These girls are representing all 18 districts in Honduras.

 5th and 6th graders who weren't part of anything special.

 the band

 our band

 one of the schools was representing Israel

 in the town square trying to get everyone situated to listen to politicians and watch the dances.

 just mass caios pretty much

 she's a 5th grader in the other class, her dress looked like Belle's! The girls looked so pretty

 Israel group again

 All the flags of the different districts.

 the dancers before dancing, in their authentic dresses.

The town with all the flags and our school


Soooo that was a little peak into today, overall it was pretty awesome to see everyone all dolled up and proud of the school.  Now we're off to the beach, woooo woooooo!  Have a good weekend!