Hi all Have had a lovely two weeks in Antigua.. whoever thought cramming Spanish for 6 hours a day could be such fun?! Slowly but surely am dragging it back from the depths of my subconscious! Antigua, Guatemala is a very chilled, very lovely city with loads of ruins and cafes and places to visit. The climate is perfect, warm sunny days but cool evenings. And compared to the rest of centroamerica I think it is probably pretty luxurious too. We even had hot showers. I've spent the time living with a family and socialising with students from the US, UK, Oz, Germany and the Netherlands. We attended a lecture one evening on the world press view of guatemala which is for the most part horribly incorrect and, at the very least, totally negative. Have attempted
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