Skipped school for a parade and graduated anyway
Today, Stacey and I didn’t spend much time at the school. Instead, we went with our teachers, Jorge & Miriam, to see the St. James Day parade. It was really interesting — mostly students from various schools, so lots of marching bands and kids in costumes. And at the end, St. James himself (kind of). I mostly recorded video, which I’ll eventually get up onto YouTube. But until then, here are some photos.
Oh yeah, and we graduated today, too. At Christian Spanish Academy, everybody “graduates” on their last day at the school. So every Friday, there’s a brief graduation ceremony during the 10:00-10:30 break. So, of course, we have pictures of that, too.
After the break, we took our teachers out for an early lunch at Chimino’s, the restaurant on the square where we ate breakfast during the half-marathon on Sunday. It was great. And we learned that you can buy gringas here in Guatemala! (Gringo and gringa are the words used for English-speaking foreigners in Latin American countries.) Apparently you can pick them up on the street pretty cheap.
Right now, I’m sitting in a cafe uploading these pics while Stacey is out in the park watching some marimba players. As soon as I’m done, I’ll be joining her. Then we pick up our laundry. Then dinner. Then packing. Then sleep.
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- miriam, jorge, and me
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- and it begins!
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- dancing flowers?
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- what parade is complete without beauties in a truck?
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- or speedy gonzales?
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- or homemade whales?
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- or wall-to-wall recorders?
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- or massive xylophones?
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- or... mini bishops and priests?
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- or men with sticks?
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- or... uh... bull-men?
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- this one's about 3 ft tall
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- st. james! at last!
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- i got my diploma
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- and stacey got hers
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- stacey & miriam
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- jorge & me
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- this gringa's not for sale!
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