Parade

Yesterday was Flag Day in Panama. All of the exchange students from David and Bugaba marched. There was also group of kids from Costa Rica who came (being that we're only an hour away from the border). It was cool to see kids from Costa Rica. They were from Germany, Switzerland and Thailand.

All of the exchange students from David dressed up. I was tempted to throw on some cowboy boots, short shorts, a plaid shirt and a cowboy hat, but instead I wore a traditional Panamanian Indian dress. Is there really any sort of traditional clothing for the United States? I can't think of anything. It's been down-pouring for 3 days and we got completely soaked. Everyone kept on saying that it was a parade of umbrellas. Somehow we all managed to get soaked, even with our umbrellas.

Girls from Thailand in their traditional clothing

From Japan

A real panamanian (she's a volunteer)

all of us with our flags and clothes

Saori and her flag

guess who?

Celine from Germany

My school (the queen of the school is in front)

Everyone wanted to take pictures with us!

Luca from Austria with the Austrian flag and the German flag

Marching!

While I was walking some guy from the radio came up to me and talked with me. I understand almost anything anyone says to me now-a-days, but this radio guy spoke SOO FAST. You know like when you're listening to the radio and they speak unbelievably fast because they don't have that much time? Well basically this guy said something to me and I had no idea what he was saying to me and everyone was like "say something" so I was just like "Me encanta Panama! Es el mejor pais del mundo!" (I love panama. It's the best country in the world). Later that night I was talking with my friend from school I told him about what happened. He said most likely the radio guy asked me what flag day means to me. Oooops :)

When the parade was over we all went into a parking lot that had a roof (so we wouldn't get wet) and ate lunch. Most of the groups of people who were marching had cars filled with individual boxes of food, and everyone hung out under there and ate. After we ate, I started to walk over to someone talk to them and I slipped and fell in the mud. I totally got mud all over my pretty dress. hahaha que pena! I'm such a clumsy one.

(I stole the pictures above from Luca)