Happy New Year from Guatemala! Just a quick post to wish everyone a happy and healthy 2011. Aaron and I spent the New Year in Antigua, along with what seemed like the whole of Guatemala. This is THE place to be on December 31st. In fact, last year, there were so many people on the main street (Calle del Arco) that the city decided to end the music and try to break up the party at 10PM this year. They were unsuccessful though, and we ushered in 2011 in a packed street with old and new friends from Guatemala, El Salvador, England, Scotland, and Seattle. Fireworks ("bombas") which are quite the obsession here went off on every side ("de todos lados") and restaurants and clubs stayed open until 5 or 6 in the morning. One of our highlights was meeting some wonderful friends from Guatemala City and San Salvador. We had so much fun talking to them (in Spanish of course) that we met up the following day to relax in the central park. Here's to a year of new friends and new experiences!
Our friend Olly with Guatemalan Champagne...
let's just say Guatemala is NOT known for Champagne
Ready to watch the fireworks! LOTS of them...
New friends from Guatemala and El Salvador.
Tomorrow I'll post photos from the volcano we climbed the day after New Year's....every year must include a little exercise to start things out on the "right foot" :)
Little Cat Diaries - Kiya, Picasso kitty -
ReplyDeleteWell the New Year is here and the cats and I are doing fine. They have taken over the place. Kiya found a velum bag from the Art Museum and has proceeded to shred it with her teeth...don't know why she like that bag so much...I guess I will have to go there and get her another when she is finished with this one. THE OTHER NIGHT...Miles wanted to sleep in the bed (Kiya is always in it), and I guess he had enough of her. Kiya was sleeping, and he backed into the bed and sat on Kiya's head. Kiya was of course contorting (looked like Picasso kitty) and growling underneath him, and Miles just sat there, wouldn't move or let her up, and looked around the room like nothing was going on. It was hysterical. They must have worked it out because the next morning, they were both asleep in the bed (a pretty tight squeeze for both of them). I am considering getting a second bed to keep the piece. Hope you two are having fun...talk to you soon. Pam