Snack booths: Biking makes you hungry, and all along the route there are people selling fresh juices, sliced fruit, steaming empanadas, and pastries.
Salpicon: A cold, fruity drink with pieces of papaya, mango, banana, strawberry, and melon. Like chunky smoothie, the literal meaning for this is "jumble."
New friends: It is so easy to meet people when you share a common interest in moving your bodies and being outdoors.
Jumpy things: This is especially thrilling when you have a broken wrist and you are forbidden every other form of exercise.
Bike Repair stops: Need a new tire? Some air?
Large group dance aerobics: This reminds me of super fun street dances I used to go to.
Did I mention that this is all sponsored by the city government? Did I mention that two million people participate each day? Our family has turned this event into a new Spanish verb: ciclovar: to go to Ciclovia, and now with every opportunity we can we proclaim "CICLOVAMOS!"
oh my. we would love this. you guys are making wonderful family memories. just wonderful.
ReplyDeletemaybe someday we can make our own north american ciclovia?