Ello!

Oookay... One more from while Ashlie was here :)

Friday we climbed the hill of the cross (which I think I already mentioned), with my roommate Rachel, her mom, and friend (and Jen!)... It was a nice, brief hike, but the altitude made it a small bit more challenging than one might have thought. But it was beautiful and this is the statue we first made it to before heading down just a bit to view the cross. I don't really know what the statue is of but... Ash and Rachel's mom, Connie, commented on this man's abnormally small head while other's theorized that he was the headless horseman... lol - who knows!?

Us.

The cross overlooking Antigua = BeaUtiful

It was a sweet view.

And this is me and Ash again but... I don't really remember where we were when I took this lol

This was taken while we were touring the ruins behind San Francisco Church, the sky looked really cool, so I wanted to include it.

Saturday Ash and I camped out up in the mountains at Earth Lodge -

a lovely little avocado farm in the mountains just outside of Antigua.

They have two huge dogs who live there, but they're not be fear because, they're super lazy!

Our tent on the mountainside.

This I took at the ruins behind La Merced Church, I really liked these ruins, it was a sunny day, quiet, and delightful with my best friend.

I took this there too!

And this fountain was at the center of the ruins...

that little speck is me :)

This is La Merced from the front... the large, bright yellow church, hehe

And I just love the streets of Antigua,

in spite of how incredibly bad they are for one's back alignment, feet, and knees...

And this day you could see Volcan Agua pretty well!

So lots of stuff happening this week, but my goal is pro-duc-tivity!!!

Working on wrapping up classes with Paul, dreading final papers/exams but... ready to go home and well, these must come first..

But also trying to soak up as much sun and Guatemalan culture as possible before I leave for the holidays, we all know it's going to be insane culture shock while I'm back in the states...

Gonna run for now, tchau!