Happy Children’s Day!

September 9, 2015

Students from the Franklin Roosevelt school in San Pedro de Montes de Oca, celebrated Children's Day at the plaza in from of the school with carnival rides like the Ferris Wheel. — Alberto Font/The Tico Times

Students from the Franklin Roosevelt school in San Pedro, Montes de Oca, celebrate Children’s Day with carnival rides in the plaza in front of the school, east of San José.

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