Weekend in Guatemala City

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This is one of the rare weekend I will be spending in Guatemala City, working. Although the ceramoteca is closed on the weekends, I have some grant proposals to work on from the comfort of my little apartment.

Last night I had the opportunity to have a great dinner at Sushi Itto with 8 of my Guatemalan friends/colleagues. It's one of the most expensive dinners possible here in Guatemala but it was great to have something other than tacos/cheese/fruit. Plus the sushi restaurant is only 4 blocks from my apt. so I didn't have to do any running around the city which was also nice.

Before dinner, I had a video chat with Alex and our friends Anna and Jerry which was great. It was like being at home for a little while! And then a 5.0 earthquake hit while I was on video chat with them. There have been 5 really small earthquakes since I arrived, and then this relatively big one yesterday evening. Everyone in the city was talking about it last night. 'Tis the season it seems. Still, it was a little scary. I've gotten used to the ground moving through the previous little earthquakes but this was pretty significant. But all is well: no real damage in the city and seems like no one got hurt which is always good.

This coming Friday-Sunday I am headed to the beach at Monterrico on the Pacific Coast, so there should be some good pix coming soon. Hoping all is well at home... back to work for me!

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