Last night was the annual Christmas Parade and they were also supposed open the ice rink set up on the Plaza de Tres Presidentes.
We went with a couple of friends and centro was absolutely packed with wall to wall people. Way too many people for me. It was almost impossible for me to see much of the parade. We met some relatives of our landlady and we had fun with their grand daughter, at times Roy held her up so that she could see some of the action. She was very into Santa Claus and it was fun watching her face and listening to her. She is about 3 yrs. old so is at the stage where everything amazes her.
We got tired of craning our necks trying to view the parade and headed down to the plaza. You couldn't get close enough to the rink to even see the boards, I assume there are boards up around the edges anyway. There were stands set up and those were full of people also. They were supposed to have some professional figure skaters put on a performance; but we heard later that the show was cancelled as they had trouble with the ice maker and the ice melted.
We found a some empty chairs in front of a stage and sat down to rest for a bit. The band went into play mode and after a few tunes we decided our ears needed a rest from it and moved on. We grazed on the snacks available from the vendors and headed over to the annual city Christmas tree and Nativity Scene that is set up on the Malecon. We continued down the Malecon where we had a bit more breathing room and found that they have set up another tree, a new, different one, or I have not seen it other years anyway. It is very pretty and has lit up bells on either side of it. Lots of people were taking photos in front of it. Pretty.
By this time we had had enough walking, noise, people, etc. and headed home. After a stop off at our favorite hot dog lady where we initiated our friends into Mexican hot dogs we headed home. We must be getting old as we were tuckered out.
A nice evening, made more enjoyable by good friends and a cute little girl enjoying her glimpses of Santa Claus.
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| Roy and our little friend. |
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| Parade was attended by all ages. |
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The coca cola girls.   |
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| The new Christmas Tree. |
