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| Let's say goodbye to La Boca with a poem by Jose Palmiotti-Lalo Sussi. I was able to photograph only parts of this mural as we passed on an unknown street in our tour bus. | |||||||||||||||
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| Here's my translation: "Now the immigrants arrive...stars fall from the sky Two harlequins say hello and an old man plays an accordion A child plays with a ball A street tango is danced This is part of La Boca, the neighborhood I love most of all" ---Jose Palmiotti-Lalo-Sussi |
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| These are details from the mural. Note the harlequin pattern on the coat of the man below. | |||||||||||||||
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| If you read Spanish, you will enjoy a poem about La Boca by the Costa Rican poet, Leda Garcia, entitled La Perla de Boca. | |||||||||||||||