Thursday, April 27, 2017

Week One of Our "Getaway"

We decided to take a two-week getaway!  The beach?  Nope.  A romantic villa somewhere?  Nope.  A secluded cabin in the woods?  Nope.  

Spanish School!!

It is a pretty place.  This is the 'garden' where we study for 4 hours every morning!



We also do another couple hours of Spanish each afternoon under the guise of a fun 'excursion'!!  Here are some pictures from our tour of Antigua.

Catedral La Merced



Many years ago, an earthquake caused much damage to the many churches in Antigua.  Many of the walls are still standing but the roofs had fallen.  This one is slowly being restored.


The tour led us to the local market.


Not part of the tour but interesting nonetheless!


Excursion on Day 2 was to a macadamia farm.  We walked to the bus terminal and jumped on Esmeralda, the chicken bus that took us about 20 minutes outside of Antigua to the farm. 




When we were close to our destination, the guide told us to 'get ready'!  The chicken buses barely slow down so we had to move quickly!  We didn't realize that we were on a 'tight' schedule until we had to 'catch' the same chicken bus back to Antigua after our tour.  Again, we had to move quickly! 


The machine used to take off the hull of the nuts.


The sorter.


Today we learned how to cook platanos con mole.  A Guatemalan dessert that is traditionally made for birthdays and other special occasions.  


Think 'bananas' in spicy chocolate sauce.


Tomorrow we will head home for the weekend.  We are excited to see our kids for a couple days as well as jump back into life in Canilla.  We will return for Week 2 of our 'getaway' on Sunday.  We may need a REAL vacation after this!!  ;)



1 comment:

Unknown said...

This is amazing! Proud of you two for pursuing your dreams! You inspire so many! Miss and love you all so much! Praying we can reconnect in beautiful Guatemala soon!