During our last week in Antigua, I was suffering from a very bad stomach. It started on Saturday and lasted most of the week. When I was up to it we went out and did some things.
On Sunday morning we met Martha and Ted for breakfast at Escalonia. We hadn’t been there all year and it’s a wonderful little nursery with a restaurant. There are many beautiful flowers around. And on our walk over we caught a glimpse of Fuego puffing.
Every time I eat at Escalonia, I order the same thing. Mouth watering crepe with fruit, yogurt and granola.
On Sunday we saw our first procession. It wasn’t one of the main processionals where they line the streets with carpets of flowers and seeds but from what I was told, a processional put on by all the villages marking the week before lent.
Monday Bruce and I decided to go to Casa Jackson but two rooms were under quarantine. We weren’t sure what was wrong with the babies but apparently it was very contagious. We played with the four children who weren’t sick but then their mothers arrived so we left. I did not want to risk getting sick again.
I met my friend Adriana and we went to Jocotenango to a spa. It was 199q for a 60 minute massage and use of the sauna. That’s $27 US. And it was a pretty good massage.
We met some friends for coffee that evening and had macadamia pie at the Cafe Contessa.
On Tuesday, we had Spanish lessons with Carmen in the morning. I promised to continue my studies and we will do online classes with her. In the afternoon, we hung around the park with our friends Arlene and Rick. I saw Clara and Hortensia. Also lots of new Mayan friends.
I will miss the park and chatting with all the people and practicing my Spanish.
We had delicious pizza at San Martin for dinner. Probably not the best on a rocky stomach.
I spent some time at a cafe with Adriana within some ruins. It was a lovely place.
For our last day, we had some friends over to our apartment. Our friend John just completed a novel and he read the first chapter. It was quite interesting and well written. I look forward to reading the many chapters of what he calls his monster.
Bruce and I said our goodbyes to Vilma and Elda. We bought so many beautiful runners from them and they gave us some very lovely gifts. We had fun practicing Spanish and English together.
Adriana ate dinner with us at Cafe Contessa. I will miss my friend. It was great seeing her on two continents this year. Since my stomach was rocky I had eggs, fruit, potatoes and a pancake. It was all very good.
It was time to leave our beloved Antigua. A place where time stands still and each moment is filled with wonders of yesterday. Where life is simple and people are kind. There is no rushing to get here or there but to just be in each tender moment. When I arrive in Antigua I feel like I am home and when I say goodbye until next year, it is bittersweet because it is hard to leave. But I must. So today we left and flew to Miami where I was greeted by my sister Linda and brother Stan. And here we are home too!
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