Now that we've been here in Antigua for a few days, we've developed a kind of routine. It starts with eggs for breakfast (nothing new there), and then we go to Spanish school.
The school is called La Ensenanza (The Teaching). There are five or six teachers here, with one teacher per student. This school caters mostly to Mennonites and/or other related religious groups. Hubs and I are taking five hours of class per day, from 8:00 am to 1:00 pm, with a half-hour break at 10:00 am.
After school we pick up some fresh tortillas at a tortilleria. Each 6" tortilla costs about $0.04.
Most days, lunch consists of several mini egg/tortilla wraps with fruit on the side. Hubs likes to put black refried beans on his tortillas, and I like avocado on mine. After lunch I do my Spanish homework and we walk around the city. Today it's raining outside, so we're staying in our room; Hubs checking his email and me blogging.
In the evenings it gets dark quickly; normally by 6:00 pm. We eat dinner around that time- sometimes at a local restaurant, sometimes at McDonalds, or we might have "street food", made by local Guatemalans. The street food costs $1-2 per sandwich (or serving). McDonalds or Burger King costs as much or a bit more than in the United States, $2-3 per person (we usually get the Dollar Menu). Restaurants cost between $5-20 per plate.
After eating, we head back to the hostel. Sometimes we watch a movie on the internet, or if we have spent the afternoon in town we do our blogging and email-checking or reading at night. I prefer vacations to be relaxed, but yet not boring. This vacation has been all of that, in addition to being educational yet still affordable because of our cheap accommodations, food and transportation. A great balance.
Do you like vacations to be more relaxed, or packed with activities? Why?
In the evenings it gets dark quickly; normally by 6:00 pm. We eat dinner around that time- sometimes at a local restaurant, sometimes at McDonalds, or we might have "street food", made by local Guatemalans. The street food costs $1-2 per sandwich (or serving). McDonalds or Burger King costs as much or a bit more than in the United States, $2-3 per person (we usually get the Dollar Menu). Restaurants cost between $5-20 per plate.
After eating, we head back to the hostel. Sometimes we watch a movie on the internet, or if we have spent the afternoon in town we do our blogging and email-checking or reading at night. I prefer vacations to be relaxed, but yet not boring. This vacation has been all of that, in addition to being educational yet still affordable because of our cheap accommodations, food and transportation. A great balance.
Do you like vacations to be more relaxed, or packed with activities? Why?
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