The parades! We went to the parade called "La Guacherna" on Friday night with G´s friend Luis Javier (AKA "Guri-guri" after some small TV character. He´s short) and his girlfriend Magali. We had gotten wristbands ahead of time that let us into a little set of bleachers "above the madding crowd" We had quite a time actually getting there, the streets were PACKED. There was one place where it looked promising to get through and all the people there raised up their hands & shouted "Nooooooooo!" Anyway, we finally squeezed by & got to our little section. We were sitting next to a bunch of kids who had this spray foam-soap stuff that you spray in the air or on people at things like parades or soccer games. It evaporates fairly quickly if you just use a little, but these kids were really zapping each other, & we got a lot of the extra stuff. Right in the ear, not pleasant. Apparently it´s a huge step up from the cornstarch and flour of the old days.... still exists acutally, but not so much.
When the parade started - I don´t know if it was the full moon, or the fact that it was my first day out after being sick, but when the music started up for the parade & those little kids started dancing - I almost cried a couple of times. They were SO happy and excited, and they could really DANCE! It was such a weird thing - so sensual & fluid - sexy without being sexual. With the little ones that is. The innocence wasn´t so apparent for the other people, but the tiny ones... man. Good stuff. Lots of colors, good beats, and it just went on and on and on! Very very cool. We went to a bar afterwards (included in the price of the wristband) pretty crowded, kinda smokey, and I was getting a bit tired. I wish I´d been up to stay for longer, but my eyes were pretty tired by then. We went out and had french fries, and that was a little less overwhelming. :D yay. fun stuff.