Last Day in Guatemala!

We had a great - - little bit long - - last day. We met our tour guide Eduardo in the lobby at 9Am. From there were traveled to Antiqua which is absolutely beautiful. Brian kept saying when we come back we should stay here. I think we are both excited to come back when we are not trapped in a hotel and Jimmy is a little older.

Our first stop after leaving the hotel was a beautiful Mayan house outside Antiqua. They weaved beautiful fabrics and grew their own coffee. They dressed me in traditional Mayan dress for a picture. We shared a cup of coffee with them and then purchased some souviners. They gave us each a little doll for good luck. It was really sweet.

After that we went to the jade factory. The tour guide gave us a short tour and then brought us into the show room. We did purchase some jade for him. The jade was very important in the Mayan culture. They would create elaborate pieces including burial masks for the head priests. There was one tomb discovered with over 1,000 jade pieces.

After the jade factory we had a terrific lunch in one of the hotels. The hotel was originally a house and was converted. It was traditional spanish design with the rooms ringing several open aired courtyards.

After lunch we walked the streets a little. Antiqua is truly like being transported back into time. There were 35 churches when the spanish built the city. Several were destroyed or damaged by earthquakes, flooding or volcanos. The city is ringed by three volcanos, one of which is still active. The two volcanos that we photgraphed are called the water and fire volcanos. The fire is the volcano that is still active. Water is dormant, but at one point the caledar, which had filled up with water had an earthquake and collaped... hence the flooding.

We got back to the hotel, both a little tired, and hung out for around an hour before Veronica called. We got his visa and a quick photo with Veronica before practically sprinting to Continentals office. We have a boarding passes all the way through to Columbus and for the first leg to Houston we are the only people in the row... Very nice!

Now we need to get dinner and get packed up... So excited to be coming home!!!
Jimmy's teething seems to really bother him at night. He deals through the day but by the time bed time has come around he is totally over it. Last night it took us around 40 minutes of serious rocking to get him to sleep, but again, once he was done he slept like a rock. We are hoping to get to bed early tonight so we can handle the flights with no problem. We will see what Mister Jimmy has in mind.

Love you guys and see you all very soon!