HOla from Xela! Today was our last day at Casa Xelaju. Tomorrow we are headed to San Marcos for a week of yoga and meditation. Before we get ahead of ourselves, we must talk about the past week in Xela We enjoyed a nice day of shopping in Chichistenango. As you can see in the picture below, we took a chicken bus for transportation. We shopped for a while on Sunday and dont worry bloggers, I am sure you will recieve gifts from Chi Chi. The market was large and overwhelming but after a bit of bargaining everyone ended up with some great items.After returning from our weekend, we had a long week packed with school and activities. Half of the group volunteered at the afterschool program on Monday and we had hot chocolate making on Tuesday. After school on Wednesday, we watched a movie about the history of the Mayan people. La Hija de Puma was an interesting film that showed much of the culture of the Mayan people. Following the movie, we had a relaxing yoga class that should have helped us prepare for the next week. I know everyone will agree that Thursday was fun and filling. We had a potluck where we all made a dish with our host family and brought it to Heather and Adam´s apartment. We enjoyed an assortment of foods from pasta, salsa, fruit salad to the traditional tortillas with eggs and queso. Fortunately we topped it off with ice cream and pie! We are stuffed and ready for a week in San Marcos!
Trivia:
Xela is said to have been a city 300 years before the Spanish found it
Xela was the site of the defeat of Tecun Uman
Xela is home to the foremost Railroad Museum in all of Guatemala
Xela is home to Xelaju MC the most succesful soccer team in Guatemala outside of the capital.
