Tag Archives: Antigua
ADIOS LA ANTIGUA
Este blog es para mi sobrino Arik. Mi tiempo en La Antigua es asodo. Yo fui en La Antigua aprender Espanol y Yo aprendi Espanol: no una cantidad inmensa pero mucho. Mi gusta Guatemala mucho. El pais es muy bonito y las personas son muy simpaticos. La Antigua tiene mucho proponer y yo creo cualquier [...]
FACEBOOK AT ITS BEST
I’m not a big Facebook user. I’ve only searched for a “friend” once, mostly relying on others to find me. And if they don’t, that’s OK too. I enjoy popping on now and then to see what’s going on or to post a status, but I find Facebook to be a big time sucker, so I do try [...]
GUATEMALA’S MIRACLE
When we took our year off to travel around the world, there was no question in my mind that our children would learn more being out of school than in. So what ever made me think it would be any different for me? Here I am in Antigua, Guatemala to study Spanish, but it’s the day [...]
ESCUELA DE ESPANOL
While I have had an interest in Antigua, Guatemala for a long time, it has not been one of tourism; it has been for the purpose of studying Spanish. Antigua hosts about 100 Spanish language schools. Well, maybe not 100, but possibly as many as 50. Guatemalans speak slowly and clearly making it a perfect [...]
WELCOME TO ANTIGUA, GUATEMALA
Nestled in a valley (a 5029 foot valley)amid three volcanoes: Agua, Fuego and Acatenango, is the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Antigua. The former capital city of Guatemala, Antigua is now the country’s tourism showpiece. Dozens of Spanish language schools operate in this city making it a contemporary hotspot for global visitors; but don’t let that fool you, [...]