Pacheco is arriving, slowly... so slowly - Sunday, October 08, 2006

Current mood: contemplative
Category: Travel and Places

I know most of you don't live here, not even 100 miles from here... Caracas that is... but hey... its a pretty good place even if its so troubled these days.
Around december, while the nordic cities and countries go cold and bitter, we are still in the tropics... somehow Caracas is different.
Surrounded by mountains, the temperature goes down a little bit, that not really used to do this during the year, people start wearing jackets, even during mid day... with the blasting sun, its still cold enough not to be hot.
When this happens, we call it "Pacheco"... after an old man that used to come down to the valley near december, just when the weather was just right... Like its getting to right now.
There's something about december... or the months before it... this start to look brighter, the sky is always clear... and the music... well the music is special... its not like xmas carols, even though u hear those... but a lot more partier... like everything else around here, there's always an excuse...Am I a sucker for christmas? Probably, but even though I'm not even a christian, I value the importance of a time like such, when people get together and share the so little things we usually have... and let others just share theirs with...
Christmas or december its the perfect excuse to regain some humanity, to become a person again.
Its still a good 2 months away, probably a little bit less, and I'm just looking foward to see people smile, plan gatherings and just be happy.
If we put into our lives a dossage of christmas spirit this world might be different, we should not save it just for a period of 30 days, but spread it for 365...