Bolivia
Sucre
May 2019 • Sucre is a very sweet spot. Under the bright sun, whitewash on colonial-era buildings is blindingly on-brand, ensuring the town's status as Bolivia's White City and a UNESCO World Heritage site. Javi and Alex preceded by several days and sang Sucre's praises via email, with an added heads-up that I'd be there during a festival. But "festival" hardly begins to describe the pop-up parades of students and marching bands honoring Bolivia's independence, the laboratory-themed chocolate fair sponsored by the country's largest purveyor, the thousands of partyers at the late-night La Serenata concert, and the eerie quiet on Sunday when most residents were either sleeping off their patriotism or spending quality time at home with family.
