Mom Visits!

 Buying veggies in town. These ladies always try to teach me a new Kaqchikel phrase every time I walk by!

Lauris - one of my favorite 3 year olds.

Rosenda's mother, teaching us how to make puliqui.

Old fountain at Casa Santo Domingo, an abandoned monastery from the 16th century.

Mom and I at Iximche, the ruins of the Kaqchikel empire and first colonial capital.

My new favorite picture, taken by Mom. This is Olivia (weaving teacher) and her nephew.

Mom and I saying goodbye to the world - in case we were about to die in this TINY rickety airplane.

Mom, Karen (friend from Mom's work) and I at Tikal.

Mom came to my old host family's house to meet my host parents! They were thrilled to meet her!

One of the many old earthquake-damaged buildings from colonial Antigua.

We visited a macadamia nut farm outside of Antigua, and got free face massages. :)

These are the neighbors that own the corner store that backs up to my bedroom. They were stopping by to drop off birthday gifts for Fatima!

Ok, so maybe this is old news....

 My mom came down to visit for 15 days at the end of September and beginning of October! We had a lot of fun going to Tikal, Iximche, markets, Antigua, visiting  a few of my schools, playing card games with my sitemates, eating our weight (and then some) in fantastic Guatemalan typical food (and learning how to make some!), and just hanging out (although it was rainy and cold...). My mom takes wonderful photos, so I recommend that you visit her blog to see more pictures (flowers, bugs, more Tikal pictures...and a little of everything!)Mom's Blog
Thanks for coming down, Mom! I had a great time with you!