One international party

So on Saturday, we took part in International Day at Sera's school. And I mean, we were there from 10am to 7pm. We had little idea of what participation entailed but we knew beforehand that we were going to man the Dutch stand. But of course. The grounds of the school was completely transformed for the carnival. There are apparently over 50 different nationalities in the school, not sure there were that many stalls but there were plenty. There was a centre-stage where live performances by students, parents and local celebrities went on all day. And the two basketball courts were converted into an 'oh wow' play area for the younger children. So that was a snapshot of what I managed to take in when I had time off from the Dutch stand.

Well to be honest, I didn't do so much but to guard the fridge filled with expensive imported Dutch cheese - edam, gouda, old cheese (oude kaas). You see, most of the customers and there were many, were speaking rapid Spanish and I decided to make myself scarce and let the 'professionals' serve them. My important task was to store the purchased cheese for collection later. But I sneaked out every now and then, to visit the other stands with Yassy. Sera, for most of the day, hung out at centres-stage enjoying the performances.

It was close to 7 in the evening when a sudden change in the weather beckoned a coming storm. Johan and I huddled the the girls quickly and said adios to the carnival. We missed the grand finale, which was the fireworks, but ahhh, next year.

Johan giving Yassy a cuddle ... she was overwhelmed to say the least

The few Dutch walked the parade

Other nationalities really made good effort to dress up

There was an unbelievable array of food. Here we have Spanish paella

Nothing homemade at the Dutch stand but still people came for the cheese

Johan impressed me with his salesmanship

From this photo on, Sera took over the camera. Here we have an aerial view of the children's play area

For 35 pesos, we entered a little animal farm where there were little animals - bunnies, chicks, ducklings, donkeys, goats, sheep ...

Sleeping donkey

Sera took a photo of Oswaldo, her bus driver