yet another fiesta.

yet another fiesta.
3 Febrero 2011

this week, we had yet another fiesta in Catache. any excuse to celebrate something, right? so, it goes without saying that my class was canceled again - until the following week.

the fiesta brought castillos (firework towers) and dances until the sun came up. i, unfortunately, was sick with “gripe,” and was stuck in bed for the past 2 days. despite the fact that i couldn’t partake in the festivities, i could hear all of the madness from my bedroom… the crazy fireworks and la banda - who played in the rain until 4am at the colegio.

carlos is in my town to help out, so i got to hear all of the crazy stories from the comisaría (police station). apparently last night at around 3am, some guy got hit in the head with a broken beer bottle, and it gashed his face - from his mouth to the top of his cheek. gross. other than that incident, things were pretty tranquilo.