i think i might start re-updating this blog, starting from today.
i had planned to backtrack and update everything up to now, but i know if i attempt to do that, i will end up not doing it at all.
so here goes from now!
we just got back from london and spain, bizarrest and funnest experience ever. i get to london and think wow i am completely dowdy and unfashionable and such a poor, freeloading idiot, my god i don't fit in here anymore, freak out. then i get into the swing of things, go nuts over food markets - more than 10 types of tomatoes, mushrooms, olives, cheeses; go to bookshops - 3 ffreaking levels; party; have a social life; watch tv; go to amazing markets; stay up late; have friends (i'd forgotten what that feels like), and then get back here and now its very "wwwwwhhaaaaaaaa???????????". so my poor little heart is going through some turmoil right now! i'm not sure which world i fit into.
coming back to the kids was amazing though, i'd taken some pics and videos of the plane rides - going through clouds, the tv's on the back of the seats - you could see their minds ticking over as they watched them. got to give them some great gifts that people gave me from london. the percy pig tail sweeties were a hit - each one took about 30 mins to eat one, stopping every 3 minutes to say "mmmmmm tan acido y TAN rico" (mmmmmm so sour and SO delicious). i have yet to unleash the other goodies i bought home from them. the 1 penny and 2 penny coins were also a hit despite the fact they are worth about 13 guatemalan cents.
right, i'm going to keep these posts short and sweet, hopefully that will inspire me to do it more often....
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
long time no blog
hi there,
sorry for the lack of contact in so long, then a bombardment of photos, but i've been very happily innundated with visitors for the last few months...
first we had two groups visiting from the states to do a) a design workshop with the kids and b) a digital storytelling workshop with the kids.. both were lots of fun, but lots of work...
jess came at the end of the last one, we had a great few weeks in guatemala, soaking up santiago and a few weekend trips... after she left we had to do a visa run to mexico, so met up with her in san cristobal mexico which was an ace little break of lots of good food and wine - something we don't get treated to much here... and shopping.
upon returning we had christmas in santiago, which was a bit sad without family, but we had a ball with a family here, and then christmas morning we rowed out to the lake and had a picnic with smoked salmon bagels, cheeses and wines (all bought on the way back from mex!)
just before new years, jo and rob arrived from london so we spent a few days in antigua, then came up to the lake for new years eve - a 7 course meal with matching wine (lah de dah!), guatemalan music and then for midnight we all went out on a boat to the middle of the lake and watched the fireworks from the towns all around the lake. it was spectacular...
having jo and rob here was a laugh a minute, no every 20 seconds, and was great to fall in love again with this place... seeing it with new eyes again...
now we're back to normality for a few days until we get more guests, this is ace! planning a lot for the new year with fotokids, its going to be busier this year, we're bringing in a new group of 16-20 year olds to do graphic design and potentially start their own little studio as time goes on... classes start at the end of jan, so a few more weeks of relaxation....
sorry for the lack of contact in so long, then a bombardment of photos, but i've been very happily innundated with visitors for the last few months...
first we had two groups visiting from the states to do a) a design workshop with the kids and b) a digital storytelling workshop with the kids.. both were lots of fun, but lots of work...
jess came at the end of the last one, we had a great few weeks in guatemala, soaking up santiago and a few weekend trips... after she left we had to do a visa run to mexico, so met up with her in san cristobal mexico which was an ace little break of lots of good food and wine - something we don't get treated to much here... and shopping.
upon returning we had christmas in santiago, which was a bit sad without family, but we had a ball with a family here, and then christmas morning we rowed out to the lake and had a picnic with smoked salmon bagels, cheeses and wines (all bought on the way back from mex!)
just before new years, jo and rob arrived from london so we spent a few days in antigua, then came up to the lake for new years eve - a 7 course meal with matching wine (lah de dah!), guatemalan music and then for midnight we all went out on a boat to the middle of the lake and watched the fireworks from the towns all around the lake. it was spectacular...
having jo and rob here was a laugh a minute, no every 20 seconds, and was great to fall in love again with this place... seeing it with new eyes again...
now we're back to normality for a few days until we get more guests, this is ace! planning a lot for the new year with fotokids, its going to be busier this year, we're bringing in a new group of 16-20 year olds to do graphic design and potentially start their own little studio as time goes on... classes start at the end of jan, so a few more weeks of relaxation....
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