I´ve been here a week now, and so far so good. The biggest disappointment is probably that my watch broke last Saturday. Apparently ¨water resistant¨ was just a joke I didn´t get.
I don´t think I´ve mentioned much about my host family yet. They are terrific. I live with a retired couple and their grown up son, who is a cop. The mom, Esperanza, is a good cook and is very understanding re: my loathing of eggs. The whole family also hangs out and chit chats after supper, and they´re really good about speaking slowly and helping me improve my Spanish. Que bueno.
Jess and I made a second attempt at visitng Cerro de la Cruz yesterday but failed again. We weren´t sure which building/door held the tourist police, and so we asked some passing police officers. They sent us in what we found out was the way wrong direction. So, we will try again later.
I also haven´t written about an interesting thing I saw on Saturday. Jess and I came across a parade/specatacle. A bunch of older-ish women, dressed up as old ladies with grey wigs and masks with lots of garish make-up, danced in two lines following the lead of a little boy dressed as an old man. Loud music was playing off the back of a truck and a man made occasional comments on the dancers. At one point he exclaimed, ¨¡Look at their bodies go!¨ I was amused, even though I didn´t know the significance of what was going on and can´t remember what the announcer called it. Some things in life (and especially in Guatemala) are mysteries.
I guess that´s all for now. Hope everyone is well.
P.S. I didn´t actually hear Journey´s ¨Faithfully¨ in Spanish, but it would be funny if I did.
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