Lluvia

I am sitting here in the rain, waiting out one of the storms that is so typical of Guatemala in the summer.

It is good that I have not blogged recently. I think all of us would agree that the past 3 days were the lows of the low. We all had food poisoning except for dana. >Vomiting, diarrhea, you name it. We had it. We were homesick. Cried a lot. Lonely. Etcetera.

So we decided to take the day off Friday and go to Antigua in the morning. We met a peace corps volunteer who gave us advise on the best hostel and best travel agencies. We made reservations and sat with her at ´rainbow cafe´where we sipped orange juice and coca. We asked her all about the peace corps and she asked us about Chapel Hill because she applied to the MSW/public health program. It was humbling to us because she had been there SEVENTEEN months and we were whining about one week!

After she left TAYLOR BOONE came in!!!!!!! It was soooo good to see someone familiar. We went to lunch at a pizza place to get the american food we craved so much. After lunch we hiked up to the ´cruz´(see photo) to see the beautiful view. I cannot wait to show julia and peter this spot when they get here.

Taylor then took us to his house which was GINORMOUS AND GLAMOROUS AND SO NICE!!!! and we were all SOOOOOOO freaked out by the plumbing and architecture and furniture. They were so hospitable. I cannot tell you (TAYLOR) how much we needed that afternoon. It was so refreshing to all of us.

  Later after getting lost in the dark we found our hostal, changed, AND FELT LIKE WOMEN when we went out to dinner! There was live music and MOJITOS and we barely ate we were so full and happy. I think I got a bit tipsy from my mojito so we went home and fell asleep right away. We considered goingto the bar upstairs but there was nobody there so we went to sleep happy.

I have to go now, the rain has let up. But I am so thankful and happy today! Woke up under a volcano to panqueques and good conversations.

XOXOXOXO besitos