Adventure in the Rainy Season

We are learning to take the rainy season seriously. Last Friday evening, Brett, Sadie and I went out to dinner at an Asian restaurant in Antigua. (Willa had been invited over to a friend’s house.) While we were eating dinner, it rained quite heavily, but we didn’t mind too much since we were cozy inside […]

Santo Domingo del Cerro

A cerro is a hill, although it’s really more of a mountain in this case. Santo Domingo del Cerro is a hilltop restaurant and sculpture garden that is about 15 minutes up the hill from Antigua via free shuttle. There are many sculptures around the grounds, most by Efrain Recino, a prominent Guatemalan sculptor. There […]

Caoba Farms

I think I’ve discovered my happy place! We live on the south side of town and just a short walk out of town is Caoba Farm, a wonderful organic farm with restaurant and a small store with a farmers market and other activities on weekends. They also have a mariposaria (butterfly habitat) and some farm […]

Our First Week

This is Mira here. We have spent so long anticipating and planning for this time that it’s hard to believe that it’s finally here! Especially in our last days in Maryland, I found myself very sad and a little anxious about the year ahead. But once we said all the good-byes and actually got going, […]