2/11/2015 Antigua

Yesterday, I sent the laundry to be done. I had managed to get food all over one pair of pants and yellow chalk on the other. I studied Spanish on Duolingo. We went out to the market. Jill went to her cooking class and I walked over to a presentation by a woman who started a charity called WINGS. Her organization provides access to birth control for women who can’t afford it.… Read the rest

2/9/2015 Antigua

When we returned to Antigua from the hike we were zombies. We ate a simple lunch and I fell asleep for 2 hours. Then we went out for supper and I ate a double cheeseburger that was entirely too big. I felt almost normal after that but we went to bed early again and slept through the night. The morning brought Saturday and a bowl of oatmeal that never tasted so good.… Read the rest

2/3/2015 Antigua

Yesterday we walked through the ruins of the San Francisco convent. The place was almost empty. The scale of it all isĀ amazing. Completely different from the reformed ruin of Santo Domingo. Most of San Francisco has not been rebuilt. Huge columns support lonely walls reaching into a blue sky. There are smudges of original designs in plasterĀ on the bricks.… Read the rest