From there we proceeded by van to Santa Terisita at the base of Vulcan Pacaya. It is one of the three active volcanoes in Guatemala. The waters are heated by the springs from within the volcano. Each pool had a different temperature, but most were quite comfortable. Since Lori and I have been composing most of the blogs so far, we will be extensively asking for Lily's input on this one.
Below is a picture that Lily had no idea was coming ;-) She wants to share that she jumped off the end of this shelf into the pool below. She was a little scared at first, but gained confidence after a couple other kids did it too.
Eve turned out to be the biggest hit today. The Guatemalans are entranced by her, and love spending time with her making her smile and playing with her. They can't seem to stop talking about how beautiful she is, and have been more than pleasant to talk with and practice out spanish.
Lily stood on a rock and gave these trees the Hollywood Hogan salute. She showed great balance and didn't fall off even with several attempts at dancing up there.
Lily got a taste of her first fresh fruit smoothie, and once she tried it she drank it so fast she only barely avoided a brain freeze. After these smoothies, we packed up for the ride home.
Lily thought these lights were awesome, and quickly pointed out that we could see Santa's butt! We then had thought not to go to the McDonalds here in Antigua, but after talking with the locals they said we HAD to go! It is heralded as one of the nicest and fanciest McDonalds in the world. At first, we thought, oh yeah, let's see this amazing place. After checking it out.....well....it's really amazing, and we couldn't believe it.
It had enough seating for probably around 200 if they maxed it out. They had a large couryard with several fountains, and Ronald hanging out nearby.
Inside they had a play place, and when asked about it, Lily simply said, "I loved it!" She also got to practice her spanish in sharing names with the kids playing with her.
The last picture here is of our table. Really, the only difference we found was that instead of apples with the happy meal, they have strawberries. DELICIOUS strawberries. Huge surprise there. After discussoin, Lori and I decided it is simply the most romantic date you could go on with two younger children in tow. It has a great atmosphere for everyone involved, and was absolutely worth the visit.
Tomorrow is Sunday, and therefore we will be looking forward to Mass at one of the many old churches, either followed or preceeded by a visit to Santa Domingo for brunch. We are also getting very excited about Spanish classes beginning Monday. We made a friend during our trip to the pool in Laurie from San Francisco. She is taking classes at the same school, and it gave us a ton to talk about. She was a fun companion to spend part of our day with, and we look forward to running into her more over the next rouple weeks. She even taught Lily a new work: mariposa.... butterfly! Tune in tomorrow for our next update!
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