It was about 11am when we got out of bed and had breakfast. Jose made pancakes for us. They were very nice, I actually hadn't had pancakes for quite a while. Everyone thought it was strange that I liked to have lemon with my pancakes. I mean, for me, it is normal.
I was then told that I was going somewhere. Really, I had no idea, like usual.
I soon found out that it was Jose, Melania, Francisco and I who were going. So we all jumped in Francisco's car, a small jeep buggy sort of car. Already as it was Jose and I were quite squeezed in the back, and of course, my head was touching the ceiling.
We stopped in at the petrol station, the bank, and a bakery before picking up Rodolfo in San Rafael de Heredia. Now with three people in the back, it was a nightmare. I felt like I was being pushed up against the window. There was actually no physical way I could wear my seat belt since the back was meant only for two people and Jose was sitting in the middle on top of the buckles.
Turns out we were going up a hill to a place called Bosque de la Hoja (in English: Forest of the Leaf), to have a small picnic. Turns out everyone else in Heredia was too, the place was very busy. As we were heading up the mountain road there had been people who had stopped on the side of the road to have their picnics.
At the place we met up with the family of Francisco. I didn't really get to talk to any of them, but they had these cool big mask things that the children would wear and dance around in. Really I think it was one of the parents who liked to wear them the most.
We were sitting down on some picnic blankets, well, I was actually sitting on the grass by accident, even though I was the only one on my rug, just chilling, enjoying the atmosphere.
And it would have been nice, except it was raining, and I had brought nothing for wet weather. Yet we continued to sit there just basking in the glory of the new year. We sung one of the children 'Happy Birthday' and shared in some delicious cake as well.
The family then started to drift away, and soon after we left too.
Since for the past week, Jose and I had been wanting to watch some good movies, we decided that we could go watch some movies at Rebe's house. So we called into the DVD store and picked up The Croods and New Year's Eve, fittingly.
It ended up just being Jose, Rodolfo and I who went round to Rebe's house, this was after calling in home and having lunch. Rebe, Naty and Teto joined us to watch both movies and we had iced tea and popcorn while watching. It was a nice way to chill out for the start of the year.
Rebe's dog was being so random while we were watching the movies. Despite having a sore ear, it was adamant in scratching it. However every time she scratched her ear she would yelp. It would have been more amusing had there not have been anything wrong with the dog's ear.
When then walked home, and said goodbye to Rodolfo on the way.
At home we just kept relaxing. It seemed to be the theme for today.
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| Rodolfo, Jose and Melania |
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