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 - [...]

Cine Lounge

Last Thursday night we went to a place in Antigua called Cine Lounge. It’s an interesting theater with tables and chairs that serves food and drinks. Admission is free, but of course you’re expected to buy something. So we bought two Cokes and enjoyed watching the Bucket List for about $4.50. [...]

Common Hope village visit

Last week, we went on another field trip, this time with a group called Common Hope. They help kids and families who are struggling with poverty and can’t afford to get their kids into school. Stacey wrote quite a bit about it on her blog, so if you’re interested, you might want to [...]

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 [...]