The best part of living in a town for a while is that you end up discovering amazing places that for some reason you didn’t notice on quick trips, places that become part of the daily life of people, places you end up falling in love with.
In this case in particular Im talking about ¨La […]
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La Tienda de La Canche
Published at October 13th, 2008 in Restaurants and Antigua.One CommentTraveling with Kids in Guatemala
Published at October 1st, 2008 in Activities, Gastronomy, Guatemala City, Antigua and Peten.3 CommentsI have seen many people traveling with their kids in Guatemala, and I always wonder how much information there is about it to help them planning a family trip. My recent investigation on internet made me realize there is virtually no information regarding traveling with children in Guatemala.
I don’t have kids myself, but considering a […]
El Sapo y la Rana
Published at August 28th, 2008 in Restaurants and Antigua.4 CommentsThe Toad and the Frog might sound like the name of a British pub butthat is not case in Antigua Guatemala. ¨El Sapo y la Rana¨ is a small dinning room on Santa Lucia street, and even it might not seem anything special, it really is.
Walking in Antigua one day, I turned my head […]
Probigua Spanish School
Published at June 23rd, 2008 in Spanish Schools and Antigua.No CommentsProbigua (The Guatemalan Library Project) is a non-profit organization founded in 1990 with the objective of helping children and young people of scant economic resources. The specific objectives of Probigua are:
1. Establish school libraries in rural areas.
2. Establish public libraries directed by their own communities.
3. Open computer centers in rural communities for children, young people […]
Casa de Don Ismael
Published at July 20th, 2007 in Hotels and Antigua.8 CommentsThis nice little bed & breakfast inn, certified by the Green Deal program of the Guatemalan Tourism Institute, is a 7 room lodge conveniently located in La Antigua Guatemala, about three blocks away from the central plaza and really near from the bus station.
The rooms feature cable TV, fan and shared bathrooms with hot water. […]
Don Pedro de Alvarado Spanish school
Published at July 5th, 2007 in Spanish Schools, Activities and Antigua.12 CommentsDon Pedro de Alvarado is a Spanish school with 25 years of experience. They work with the total immersion methodology, one-on-one teaching from 4 hours daily during 5 days a week (They open Saturday and Sunday).
Their teachers have at least 5 years of experienced, and FSI and ACTFL foreign proficiency exams that can help you […]
Cooperacion Spanish School
Published at July 3rd, 2007 in Spanish Schools, Activities and Antigua.7 CommentsCooperacion Spanish School is a cooperative of Spanish teachers with university degrees and more than 10 years of experience in the field.
The school will adapt the schedules and needs of the students to different professional vocabularies for doctors, business, lawyers, teachers and mechanics. The program includes different activities to make learning more effective and […]
La Union Spanish School
Published at June 29th, 2007 in Spanish Schools, Activities and Antigua.7 CommentsLa Union Spanish School is one of the most renamed in La Antigua Guatemala, offering very effective study plans or even allowing students to design their own programs. They use usually half of the lesson time to vocabulary building and intensive grammar review while the other half of the time is devoted to activities toward […]