We arrived in Antigua by mid afternoon on Friday. After checking into the hotel, everyone went their own way, some relaxed at the hotel before dinner, others were exploring the city. Antiguais a town prepared for tourist. It is known as a place to come for one-on-one Spanish lesson.
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| Antigua Central Park with Jackaranda Trees in Bloom |
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| Gov’t Building on Central Park Decorated for Lent |
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| Cathedral on Central Park |
We are here during Lent, and that is visible in different ways – purple banners on buildings, ‘way of the cross’ stations on the square, but the most unique way is a large piece of ‘sand art’ on the floor at the front of several of the churches. The saw dust art is beautiful.
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| Saw Dust Art in an Antigua Cathedral |
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| Another Saw Dust Art in an Antigua Cathedral |
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| Close-up of Saw Dust Art |
Today (Saturday) the group will be doing things entirely on their own, some are zip-lining, others are hiking, other shopping at the large market, and others relaxing.
The bus will be leaving for Guatemala City around 5:00pm. Dinner will be in G’mala City tonight, with the flight back to the states leaving mid-morning Sunday.
Cal and I will be picking up a rental car today, and spending several more days in G’mala. If anyone is interested in following the Litwiller’s further adventures in
Central America, – Costa Rico and
Panama, go to
http://Litwilleradventures.blogspot.com
