Festivities

Yesterday was the festival of Santiago, Antigua´s patron saint. All week there has been stuff going on: music, a big book sale, lots of vendors in the central park.
On Thursday I went to a free outdoor concert. It took place in the soccer field that is literally across the street from my house. We saw the Malacates, a Guatemalan ska/pop band. It was pretty fun. I was excited to get to see a Guatemalan concert, and it turns out that it was pretty much just like most American shows. I think the Malacates are a pretty popular group, and I actually recognized one of the songs as something I´ve heard on the radio here. I felt pretty cool.
Yesterday there was a big parade for the Santiago festival. It was composed of entries from each of 30 local schools, including the Dreamer Center school. The parade was neat. Costumes. Dancing. Some good drum lines. The Dreamer Center entry was my favorite, because I got to wave at all the people I know. After the parade, I ate some green cotton candy that tasted precisely like Froot Loops.
That was yesterday. Today I spent the morning at Casa Jackson, then ate a crepe so delicious, it made me feel bad for every person in the world who was not also eating that crepe. After that fantastic meal, I had the pleasure of hearing the Backstreet Boys´s ¨I´ll Never Break Your Heart¨ in Spanish. Perfect.