A Typical Day in Antigua

Every morning Jana, Hannah, Laura, and I awake to eat breakfast at 7:15 am. Breakfast always consists of watermelon, pineapple, and cantelope, and then we sometimes have toast, pancakes, or cereal. After that, we study, shower, and get ready for the day. At about 9:00, we walk 15 minutes into town to read in the park, or study in a coffee shop until 11:45. Then we head back home to eat lunch at 12:15ish. Lunch is the big meal of the day in Guatemala, so it typically includes a meat, vegetables, and bread. At 12:45pm I walk another 15 minutes to school. There I study with Magaly for five hours with about two coffee/brain breaks. In Guatemala it rains just about every evening. Many times we are walking for 20 minutes in the rain and are drenched at dinner at 6:15pm (Dinner is usually some form of pasta with vegetables). At about 7:15pm we usually go back into town to either study or rest our minds with some coffee. Because it gets dark at 7:30, it is best for us to be back at home by 9:00pm (for safety reasons). By 8:30, we're exhausted, so we return to the house and play cards and talk and study. This is what we've done for the past four days. It's a lot of eating, walking, coffee, and studying- and I like it!