Our house is finished ... you can see it, with all the hanging lights to the left of the procession float.
Alameda Santa Lucia Norte, La Antigua, Guatemala.
Our house in a little up the block on the left.
Our gardens are in the center of the Alameda, clearly visible ... a long-term investment in the improvement of the neighborhood.
The carpet, a different story, another investment, by the community, built in the morning, destroyed by the procession and cleaned up by the municipal crew that followed the march. Antigua Easter is unique!
Following the big procession float that 80 men carried down the Alameda Santa Lucia in front of our house, was a "small" float, carried by 40 women.
They destroyed the carpet (above) in which we had invested money on two separate blocks of the Alameda. Call that a very short-term investment.
March 2003
the Antigua Town Hall,
"Municipalidad"
showing their new "Cedulas"
March 2003
Here we are under the arch on 5th Avenua, the church of La Merced in the background.
And yes, it is the Cernikovskys right next to the carpet.
Volcano Agua, the closest, is extinct.
These two are a little farther. Volcano Fuego, as its name suggests, often smokes and has fiery eruptions of lava. Other times, it goes quiet. Today, there is just a little puff of loud coming from the top.
Next to it is Volcano Acotenango, also extinct.
In the back, we overlook a colorful fruit, vegetable and flower market. Our main market days are Monday, Thursday and Saturday, but you can buy things there most of the week.
For about one dollar, you can get three
good-sized bunches of flowers.
20 oranges for fresh juice also cost one dollar.
There is a view from February 2002, to show you the progress.
Our rooms open onto the courtyard and the garden.
Procession going through a street very near our house.
This is the same view as above, except finished, in July 2002.
The new fountain has been finished.
The deck on the roof, where we now have a garden, some chairs and a view of three volcanoes.
This one is Volcano Agua
