Antigua has got to be the Guatemalan capital of weddings. The kids are in Spanish classes for a few hours a day while we are in Antigua. Lowe’s teacher showed him a picture of a watermelon and asked him what it was. “Sandía.” So she asked him what it was … Read More
La Antigua
The El Carmen market spills out of the building some days. It’s really just the setting of the market that sets it apart. The stuff for sale is pretty standard market tourist gear, which doesn’t necessarily make it any less enjoyable to stroll around. There are so many church ruins … Read More
An Antigua Day
Spanish colonial architecture and great volcano views. Antigua is a beautiful place. There is another bedroom in the house, with two beds, but there was never really any doubt that we’d all end up together in this room. Who can resist bunk beds? Just like with living on a boat, … Read More
Off to Antigua
Our time in Guatemala City is coming to an end. It was a good stop for us. We got the camera repaired, dental visits checked off the list, lots of tourist-ing done, and in general got to know a good chunk of the city well enough that on a return … Read More
A City Day Hike
Another day exploring the city. We got dropped off across town at a cathedral and just proceeded to walk the streets from there—hanging out in plazas, eating mango and watermelon from the street vendors, grabbing a ridiculously large lunch consisting of piles of steak and chorizo, and walking some more. … Read More
Guatemala City Wandering
A few blocks away from us, perched up on a hill overlooking downtown is Fort Saint John, now housing a military museum. Hard to get too excited about military history in a place that is still pretty freshly recovering from a civil war, but history is history, and the perch … Read More
About Town
Another Sunday riding the streets of Guatemala City. We hit the mall to get Ouest some new kicks since she grows daily and had toes poking out of her shoes. Now up to a size 6 1/2 I can no longer distinguish between her shoes and Ali’s. Walked right up … Read More
Gushing Over Guatemala
This is one day’s wandering around Guatemala City. About a hundred and twenty years ago a group of Guatemalan cartographers got together and spent twelve years riding around the country on foot, on burros, and on sailboats measuring their country inch by inch. Then they came back together and built … Read More
Sunday Funday
On Sunday a big chunk of Avenida Las Americas is shut down to traffic and opened up to pedestrians. They do this in every major city we visit now and there is usually a good time to be found. Blue corn tortillas are possibly the greatest single food item on … Read More
Guatemala Colors
I love how nobody but us pays any attention to a herd of goats walking right down the sidewalk in Guatemala City. This is outside the main Post Office where we had just been informed they didn’t have any stamps. It’s all about the wonderful colors splashed around the city. … Read More
