Day 1:
My husband and I left Thursday morning on a 6:25am flight. We had a brief layover in Texas and then got to Guatemala City about 7 hours after our our arrival at CVG.
We stayed based in Antigua, Guatemala for the entirety of our trip and Hotel Casa Bella was great! Thankfully, the hotel had a shuttle to pick us up from the airport. I think it’s supposed to be a one hour drive from the airport to the hotel, but with traffic it was probably another 30 minutes.
Once we checked into our hotel, we decided to explore the city a little bit. We walked to Cerro de la Cruz and then ate dinner at a local spot.
The couple that owned the restaurant were very friendly. I didn’t realize how few Guatemalans actually spoke English! This has been excellent practice for me and my confidence in Spanish is growing- even though I still get flustered!
Day 2
We had a tour of the Pacaya volcano. I knew going into it that it was going to be steep, but our guide took off right from the beginning and there was no way for me to keep up. We ended up riding horses up and then we walked back down. As we were walking down we met a random couple from Ohio which was kind of funny- what are the chances ?!
My favorite part of the excursion was roasting marshmallows in one of steam vents near the volcano.
Pacaya is an active volcano that’s 8,373 feet high.
After getting back from our excursion we took an Uber to Antigua Boreal. They have a restaurant with good deep dish pizza and a massive rainbow slide!!
Stay tuned for part 2!
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