Guatemala, days 1 and 2
I finally downloaded some pictures! They're not great in quality because I haven't edited them yet. Eventually the whole set will go up on Flickr.
The first day, we took an overnight to Houston and then had a four-hour layover. From there it's a 2.5 hour hop down to Guatemala City, and then a 1 hour drive to Antigua. We were pretty tired, but took a walk and then met up with Bron and Eli for the welcome buffet. I didn't take many pictures, but did manage to get a pretty picture of a fountain, since we were in a gorgeous outdoor courtyard setting.
Bron and I also managed to smile for the camera, while our husbands Scott and Eli managed to goof off for the camera. Please note my puffy, exhausted self.
The next day we took a walking tour of Antigua. It was really interesting from a historical perspective. The woman who led the tour is an American who's lived there for 40 years. She's quite the character. We learned during the tour that so long as you preface anything with "respectfully," then you can get away with saying it no matter how disrespectful it is. For example, "respectfully, most Roman Catholic art is bloody and barbaric for my tastes" (true quote!). It's like one of Scott's female friends says, that in the South, so long as you say, "bless her lil' heart," then anything goes. "She's such a dirty lil' whore, bless her lil' heart."
Anyhoos, we did learn a lot from the tour, and Bron, Eli, Scott and I got to the point where we couldn't look at each other without laughing. We managed to walk through the town square...
And we walked amidst the ruins of the old cathedral, which was felled in an earthquake. Speaking of tremors and temblors, that morning we woke up to a bunch of shaking.
Me: It's an earthquake!
Scott: Someone's going down the stairs outside our room.
Me (looking at armoire moving across floor): Uh, I don't think so.
So yes, our second day in Guatemala started off with a 4.8 earthquake.
The ruins of the cathedral appear below. When we were there, we saw a Mayan woman performing a traditional ceremony in the crypt under the altar. I have no pictures of that, because it's a huge no-no to photograph the Maya without permission. The first picture in this set is of the facade of the current cathedral; the ruins are directly behind the current cathedral of Antigua.
OK, enough pretty picture time for today. I need to get to bed and keep studying for my biochem exam that's on Wednesday. I'll try to do another post soon. :-) BTW, does anyone else know if this is a joke? Please, someone tell me this is a joke. If not, then does anyone else find the existence of this book to be as offensive as I do? Happy (almost) Tuesday!
The first day, we took an overnight to Houston and then had a four-hour layover. From there it's a 2.5 hour hop down to Guatemala City, and then a 1 hour drive to Antigua. We were pretty tired, but took a walk and then met up with Bron and Eli for the welcome buffet. I didn't take many pictures, but did manage to get a pretty picture of a fountain, since we were in a gorgeous outdoor courtyard setting.
Bron and I also managed to smile for the camera, while our husbands Scott and Eli managed to goof off for the camera. Please note my puffy, exhausted self.
The next day we took a walking tour of Antigua. It was really interesting from a historical perspective. The woman who led the tour is an American who's lived there for 40 years. She's quite the character. We learned during the tour that so long as you preface anything with "respectfully," then you can get away with saying it no matter how disrespectful it is. For example, "respectfully, most Roman Catholic art is bloody and barbaric for my tastes" (true quote!). It's like one of Scott's female friends says, that in the South, so long as you say, "bless her lil' heart," then anything goes. "She's such a dirty lil' whore, bless her lil' heart."
Anyhoos, we did learn a lot from the tour, and Bron, Eli, Scott and I got to the point where we couldn't look at each other without laughing. We managed to walk through the town square...
And we walked amidst the ruins of the old cathedral, which was felled in an earthquake. Speaking of tremors and temblors, that morning we woke up to a bunch of shaking.
Me: It's an earthquake!
Scott: Someone's going down the stairs outside our room.
Me (looking at armoire moving across floor): Uh, I don't think so.
So yes, our second day in Guatemala started off with a 4.8 earthquake.
The ruins of the cathedral appear below. When we were there, we saw a Mayan woman performing a traditional ceremony in the crypt under the altar. I have no pictures of that, because it's a huge no-no to photograph the Maya without permission. The first picture in this set is of the facade of the current cathedral; the ruins are directly behind the current cathedral of Antigua.
OK, enough pretty picture time for today. I need to get to bed and keep studying for my biochem exam that's on Wednesday. I'll try to do another post soon. :-) BTW, does anyone else know if this is a joke? Please, someone tell me this is a joke. If not, then does anyone else find the existence of this book to be as offensive as I do? Happy (almost) Tuesday!
4 Comments:
Guatemala looks like fun. And I can't stop giggling that Scott thought the earthquake was just someone clomping on the stairs.
Btw, if I have another baby (or two, if Dave has his way), I'm TOTALLY going to spring for a "Mommy Makeover". I'd really like to get the tummy tuck & boob lift now, but I figure there's no point until I'm done with all the birthin'. :-) But I don't think I'll need a book to explain it to my kids. That's just ridiculous.
Oh, I'm not against a Mommy Makeover per se, I'm against the book! The mom in it looks totally normal, and then they make her over to be a sparkly Barbie! WTF???
Oh! I read about that book on feministing.com last week. See, the nice doctor man makes Mommy "better" and "prettier." Because everyone thinks a sparkly Barbie doll is the best and the prettiest, right?
:) Oof.
Ha, I read about that book too... totally cracks me up.
Unrelated: I would really like to go to Guatamala now, preferably sans earthquakes, but whatever. Those pictures are great.
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