Maneuvering by car or by foot in the snow and ice to do regular errands and/or Christmas shopping has been challenging at best this year in Maine. By reports, nearly 4 feet sits on the ground there! What a challenge it would have been to do what we did last year with all the white stuff continuing to fall every few days! Quite the contrast here, near the equator!!!
All the trees in the central park across from the big church here in San Ramon are decorated with lights. Local businesses each adopted and outfitted a tree to decorate and make a beautiful nighttime glow in the center of San Ramon.
Our tico friend, Andres, a friend of his and his grandmother, joined us last week, to hear and see a FREE live performance of Handel’s Messiah performed by the Costa Rican National Symphony and the National Chorus. This was one of the seven performances held around the country that started in the beginning of December. It was held, appropriately, at the same big church across from the park called Parroquia de San Ramón de Alajuela. Although this isn’t my kind of music, I understand that this is an annual cultural festivity. The acoustics were awesome in that church and it proved to be a special way to bring in the holiday spirit.
Like many cultural events here, it was open and free to all, and paid for by the Ministry of Culture. When a country doesn’t support an Army and war… education, health care, music, art and theater can be funded and given to the people!
