Monday, February 11, 2008

New Year's Eve in Guatemala

We went out for supper on New Year's Eve at a restaurant called La Pena del Sol Latino. The food was good, and so was the live music! The group played music with a Guatemalan flare to it.













J.J. didn't last to see the New Year in! (neither did I...)


These little shoe shine boys came in the restaurant looking for business. They shined Larry's shoes, and we gave them a little New Year's tip!


Victor with "the leader of the band."







Amy, Katie & Esau


This is just a little idea of how the streets of Antigua looked on New Year's Eve. Larry escorted the boys and I back to the apartment, but he and the "big kids" joined the festivities on the street.


A street vendor


Playing the drums on a turtle shell

2 comments:

Aundrea said...

The picture of Katie and Esau is so cute! The New Year's eve street crowd reminds me of holidays in Spain...always bodies packed wall to wall in the streets with lots of fireworks of some kind or another!

Aundrea

Duane Hettich said...

I'm glad to check in here on your blog now today and see a number of interesting pictures, etc. Thanks for the family letter also in the mail the other day. Katie is sure a good writer. Is that what she's takin' in college, journalism or something like that? Boy, Katie and Amy have sure grown since those days in '92 when we were around Mission. It'll be nice to meet your boys also sometime.

I'm glad for a little home visit but look forward to returning over yonder in June. We did see your sisters and their families and your folks.

Keep your chins up!