Imagine

Imagine sitting in the middle of Olympic Plaza in Calgary. Now you have a vision of the La Paz square we were sitting in, minding our own business and people watching. It is a beautiful sunny day and we are just relaxing. In the corner of the square a group of Aboriginal men are congregating, dressed in there traditional clothing. A few minutes later the police with protective shieds are moving in. The next thing you know one of the men comes up to me and wants to shake my hand as the rest of the group of men and women come and sit right beside me as they a comment that we are tourists. The police stand by and you wonder should WE move quickly or just stay put and see what happens. Oh I wish I could speak Spanish as the woman sitting right beside me, in her native dress starts to talk. Unfortuately we can't understand a word she says and never do learn what was happening. Several minutes later the police leave and 20 minutes later the group of natives head towards the parliment buildings. There was no demonstration or political unrest but we did wonder for a minute or two.

That excitment over we continued to sit in the plaza and watch the children play with the pigeons. IT just looked like too much fun so we had to play too.

After soaking up the sun we decided to walk around town some more and lol and behold we found ourselves in the middle of a parade. Again having no clue what was happening we walked along side the parade until we came to our corner. Stopped and watched until it went by. There was definitely excitment in the air. We never did find out what the parade was for.

This defintiely was a day of excitement and we still had to meet our tour group later in the evening.