The last night…Antigua is a great place to spend the last day in Guatemala. It is so different than the villages we visit in the highlands. It's colonial…it's a UNESCO heritage site……it also has great restaurants and shopping and some awesome chocolate, margaritas and bloody Mary's. There are lots of beautiful ruins from a massive earthquake in the late 1700's.
As we sat at La Fonda restaurant we were able to see a procession go by with lots of people and a float of Christ, the cross and Mary. It was a very long float carried by hand along the cobbled street. Throughout we could smell the incense that accompany the procession. Quite lovely!!
On Sunday morning those that didn't have an early shuttle to the airport got to see a volcano, that frequently puffs, send out a big puff of smoke and steam.
Antigua is always well worth a visit.
The last night…Antigua is a great place to spend the last day in Guatemala. It is so different than the villages we visit in the highlands. It's colonial…it's a UNESCO heritage site……it also has great restaurants and shopping and some awesome chocolate, margaritas and bloody Mary's. There are lots of beautiful ruins from a massive earthquake in the late 1700's.
As we sat at La Fonda restaurant we were able to see a procession go by with lots of people and a float of Christ, the cross and Mary. It was a very long float carried by hand along the cobbled street. Throughout we could smell the incense that accompany the procession. Quite lovely!! 
On Sunday morning those that didn't have an early shuttle to the airport got to see a volcano, that frequently puffs, send out a big puff of smoke and steam.
Antigua is always well worth a visit.
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