sabbatical
We’re home!
We made it! No flight delays, no traffic snarls, and we’d probably be asleep already, if Stacey weren’t so insistent on getting unpacked first!
Guatemala was great, but six weeks is a long time to be away from home! We’re glad to be back!
(That’s our bed with a bunch of suitcase stuff [...]
We’re in Miami!
We’ve landed in Miami and are making our way through the airport to customs. One more flight, and we’re home!
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 [...]
Climbing the Cerro de la Cruz (again)
This morning, Stacey and I got up early and left the house around 5:40 for a walk/jog up to the Cerro de la Cruz (Hill of the Cross) with Andrea, one of our housemates. We climbed it with a group from our school on our first afternoon in Antigua (almost six weeks ago - [...]
Only one day left…
We’re down to the last couple days now… Or less, really. The shuttle is picking us up at 6:00 a.m. on Saturday to get us to Guatemala City for our 9:50 flight. We’ll land in Miami at 2:20 p.m. and take off again at 4:00, landing in Chicago at 6:15, where my [...]
