Today, our final day in Guatemala City we spent in el Centro Historico in the Plaza de la Constitution and el Cathedral Metropolitana. We bused our way to the Cathedral Metropolitana in the AM and were given a nice tour of the cathedral. Given that we are a group of 17 gringos, they busted out all the stops. We were brought up onto the roof of the cathedral. It was a nice view of the city. Four adventurous Guatemalan students followed us up and jumped in on the tour. They were a lot of fun to talk to and had a lot of good insight about the city. Further, like many of the men and women I have talked to, they are pretty excited about the World Cup. Much to my disappointment however, I have yet to have found a Guatemalan pulling for Mexico... I am going to have to be a bandwagon Mexican fan during World Cup...
Tomorrow we are off to the mountains in
Quetzaltenango. I'm off to eat a quick dinner (PBJ and a huge carrot) and then un partido de futbol in el Estadio Mateo Flores. Gracias todos y adios!
La Plaza de la Constitucion
La vista del Cathedral Metropolitana
El grupp saliendo la aeropuerta
Andrew - you might have memories of Mr. Bernard's class watching the World Cup! Looks like from the schedule you may be in Mexico when Mexico plays! Que excitante! Eat something other than PBJ!!!!! Goza la comida guatemalian!
ReplyDeleteAndrew, listen to your mother. Prueba la comida guatemalteca. Hay muchas verduras. ¡El pobre profesor Ocampo: está muy apretado! Me gustan mucho tu fotos. ¿Tienes una del catedral?
ReplyDeleteBeing one who eats meat for those who can't, I do not take any responsibility for Andrew's eating habits! However, Andrew please take advantage of the wide varity of food all around you. Glad to hear you are having a great time. Love, Dad
ReplyDeletesounds awesome so far andy! that van looks packed!!
ReplyDeleteIts been a great trip so far and we still have time left! Great choice of topics and pics to incorporate into your blog
ReplyDeleteHey Andrew, Take good care and thanks for maintaining a blog. I'm forwarding this to Will and Lucy - Will did the UNH graduation ceremony yesterday and Lucy is studying her spanish, getting ready for our trip to Peru.
ReplyDeleteLove you! Mary
hah, pbj. eat some dry macaroni while you're at it
ReplyDelete~Tom