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Saturday, November 16, 2013

Dia de los Muertos weekend and a Special Birthday

Just driving to school.



















Dia de los Muertos 

This year I visited the Antigua cemetery.  (on a side note: Have I been saying this word wrong my whole life?  Spell check keeps taking out the "n" I want to put in "cemetery".)

The Antigua cemetery is unusual in that it is all white.

This makes the decorations and flowers put out for Dia de los Muertos really pop.


















We also went to Santiago, another town where they have a large kite festival. 


































































Someone has their eyes closed in each of these pictures...and neither of them are me!


Visiting Finca Filadelfia 

Coffee Farm
Two of my favorite things here:  coffee and fried plantains :)


An out-of-season procession and alfombra:



Feliz Cumpleanos, Ruth!!
A traditional Mariachi band


Mmmm... delicious food.  Barbequed chicken, rice, veggies, frijoles, blue tortillas (I wasn't too excited to try these, but they are actually better than regular tortillas!)
The guests.  Thanks for *trying* to move the soda bottle out of my way, Rumi :)















Playing around at school


Sharing stories in Author Circle


Parque Central


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