We made it and made it safely! Muzzy just had some Guatemalan chocolate (cup of hot chocolate and 2 cookies) and he's going even faster than usual. What can I say...I'm not far behind.
After Seattle to Atlanta, Atlanta to Guatemala City, we walked out of the airport and caught a cab to La Antigua (45 minutes=$30 and a lost fleece vest). Good to get the loosing thing out of the way. Arrived at Posada San Sebastian only to find they had no room for us that night. However, when I signed in Robert Muzzy for the next night, Luis exclaimed "Ohhhh, Robert, yes, I think we have you now." And hola amigos, mi casa su casa! We have a huge room in this crazy posada filled with antiques, oddities and Catholic religious icons of all sizes and shapes (an enire case of plaster babies, eeek!) all to the backbeat of marimba carousel music. Wonderful people. Courtyard with a three level fountain, a big green parrot and plush crawling vines. Charming, charming, charming. Nestled in between 3 volcanos, Antigua is incredibly beautiful laid out in a grid pattern, cobbled streets, countless 16th century churches, some crumpled victims of past volcanic eruptions and earthquakes. Long multi-colored walls with grill covered windows and fortress-like ancient wooden doorways with little peepholes in them giving way to secluded living spaces beyond. The textiles are unbelieveable and the people are friendly, helpful and tolerant of our attempts at Spanish. We are actually getting better! And with no tonal inflections, my brutish attempts at pronunciation seem to work. Of course, I work hard to catch up with Senor Muz, who was brilliant at asking directions to el bano the other morning, a most necessary request.
We leave for Lago Atitlan tomorrow morning, one duffel almost full. You know, embroidered cotton is much heavier than silk...sigh. But as Senor Muzzy states, "Yo soy es burro"
Love you all
Us
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