Sunday is family day in Bolivia. Paceños, inhabitants of La Paz, get out of their homes and spend family time together in one of the many parques on the wide boulevards of La Paz. A short two blocks from my hotel, I found a small plaza filled with families enjoying the day. For just one boliviano (14 cents), one can purchase a baggie of birdseed to feed the hundreds of pigeons that congregate here. Another boliviano will buy a bag of peanuts or roasted almonds to nosh on; two will get you a a balloon or a Coka Quina (Cola with coca not caffeine).
Paceños are great munchers: Cholitas hawk snack foods and sodas on every street corner, and people eat on the street all the time. It seems to be a national pastime.
