Christmas in Antigua

Hope you all had a fun festive time at the weekend. There was certainly a party atmosphere here in Antigua with loads of processions, fireworks, eating and drinking. Christmas Eve is when the Guatemalan mainly celebrate. The final procession to the churches takes place about 7.30 pm then mass until midnight. Then the sky is filled with fireworks from all around - an amazing sight. Nine of us from the guest house went out for a Christmas dinner on Christmas eve and then joined in the celebrations in the streets afterwards.

Yesterday we cooked up a feast at the house and set off our own fireworks in the evening. We even got a Father Christmas pinata full of sweets to break after the meal (you'll see what I mean when I put the photo's on the page). All good fun.

Unfortunately they don't have a day off for Boxing day so it was back to school for me today. It's my final week of study this week so I want to consolidate as much of my Spanish as possible. Then I need to practice speaking more (in Spanish!!).

Enjoy the rest of your celebrations this week, Hannah xx