Halloween is not a big holiday in Cuenca. However, with more expats moving in and their kids grown up, the adults have gotten into the spirit of Halloween celebrations. This year, there were several Halloween parties held at local restaurants, as well as some private parties with people in costume. Evelyn went out earlier this week, and ended going to one of the party stores to find hair and make up. The selections were quite limited, unless you made your own outfit, so we went out as clowns. The kids were shyly waving at Evelyn (center image above) on the public bus, as they weren’t expecting to see a clown on their bus.

Today also marks the start of a four-day celebration of Cuenca Independence. There will be more than 20 streets in Centro Cuenca (the old historic district, where we live) closed to cars for the next four days.  Many of those streets are devoted to showing and selling crafts, such as these above.

Many of the craft sellers were more interesting than the crafts themselves.