Derik’s gone… but he’ll be back… then gone again…

I took Derik to the South Shore train station in Chesterton this week, where he hopped a train to Chicago, and from there to Philadelphia… It’s a long trip! I dropped him off just before 3:00 pm on Thursday, and he was scheduled to arrive in Philadelphia at 8:00 pm… on Friday! That’s [...]

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 [...]

McDonalds is better in Antigua

This has been a rather interesting Sunday!

We saw the start and finish of the Medio Maraton las Rosas, a half-marathon that starts and finishes in the Parque Central.
We briefly visited a church called Vida y Fe (Life and Faith) that someone had told us about. We enjoyed 30-40 minutes of [...]

Eating at Da Vinci with Bree and David

Bree just graduated today (Friday)… So Wednesday night we went out to eat with her and David at a restaurant David’s been wanting to eat at since they got here: Da Vinci. It’s a nice place, with lots of art and stuff that people more cultured than me can probably appreciate more. It’s [...]

Our first “normal” Sunday in Antigua

A couple days ago we spent our first “normal” day in Antigua. The previous Sunday had been the last day of our Caravan tour, so while we were in Antigua, we were still with the group, visiting places like the Capuchinas convent. (You know, all the stuff I mentioned in my last post.) [...]