When you finish reading about my day you will say - could this really be Gayle! When I got back to
Ana's this morning the lady from the 2nd Atenas B & B came to pick me up. I chatted with her and decided to move to her house. It turned out it was several miles away, pretty hilly, no bus service and I would be the only guest. There was nothing else right around. Although I am a hermit, I knew that wouldn't be good for me starting out here. When we arrived I asked her to call a taxi for me as staying there just wasn't going to work for me. She agreed to drive me back to Ana's Place and I moved back into the room I had been in. Apparently in Costa Rica there isn't usually a penalty fee as people's plans change but I gave her a partial payment.
My new friends were just leaving on an adventure when I got back so off I went to a rodeo!
We took the bus to Balsa, a small village about a half hour away. It was at the Veterinary University and we connected with a student on the bus who took us around and explained things. We had lunch at the cafeteria - really good food. No pictures! Then we went to the grandstand and spent a couple hours watching prancing horses. One father and son team were quite spectacular. They were on pintos and one was a grand champion and one was a champion. They are hoping to go to the Calgary Stampede. There was also a father daughter team that had their horses on a wooden platform and the horses were dancing to the beat of the music. We left after that as we didn't really want to see calves being roped.
It was a really great day. I'm so happy to be here for the next 10 days. Laundry day tomorrow.
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I learned this rodeo is only held once a year. The stands look empty because the rodeo itself hadn't started. Our side was pretty full. The later it got the busier it got. Also, you got to watch the horse show for free. Then you had to pay to get a wrist band for the rodeo.
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