El Dia de Independencia en Costa Rica

Our family and several others from the school left early Monday morning and attended ceremonies that included the President of Costa Rica and ambassadors from all over the world. We were surprised how close we were able to get to the President without any frisking or checking of any kind. We spoke with several ambassadors and left a note for Peter Ciancette (Costa Rica's new ambassador from the USA and from Maine) inside the event program on his deputy abasador's chair. We were told that "Peter" was standing right over there...so went to him and said "wait, you're not Peter!" He answered, "actually I am Peter but obviously not the one your looking for. The Deputy Ambassador is Peter Brennan and was number 2 in the embassy here. Afterwards, we walked around San Jose and enjoyed some of the MANY parades they have all over the city...all day long and into the night! They really know how to celebrate!