Years from now when the images of our days and nights together in Antigua are just a blur in my mind, I will remember vividly the images of last night. Rose, mom to Lily and Francesca, of Park Slope Brooklyn, created a post-Thanksgiving feast in our courtyard last night. And I mean feast! The whole turkey, potatoes, corn, stuffing, salad, with home baked bread and pumpkin pie and some fancy banana dessert. We set up tables in the courtyard around the fountain, and lit dozens of candles, and all the residents and staff feasted together. The kids squealed and ran around, and the grown ups got a glass or two of wine in, and everyone left stuffed and delighted.

Well life here is just one big party! I got a flier a few days ago about a dance troop from El Salvador that was going to be performing today in one of Antigua’s many parks. Made my way out to a part of the city I had not yet seen. The princess loved watching the kids playing in the park before the show started, and enjoyed flirting with lots of old ladies, who she held her arms out to and begged to be held. Well, I passed her around until the show started, and then tried to get her interested. The very very very long Guatemalan National Anthem left her restless and squiggly and cranky, and the shorter but more festive Salvadoran National Anthem was not much more interesting. The dancers also seemed to hold little interest for the princess either, and she was much more interested in leaves and flowers and dogs and throwing the cap to her bottle as far as she could.

She fell fast asleep on the long, bumpy walk home. Note to self: Live music-YES, Statues-YES, Paintings of people and animals and fruit and a gallaries in general-YES, Dance exhibitions-NO, Cobblestone-YES