Antigua fun...Good to be home.

Ok- so after we said goodbye to our kiddos on Friday (which was way harder to do than I planned on) we headed back to Antigua for a delicious lunch at a yummy pizza place. Che Christophe. So good. For dinner we had gelato- might have mentioned this in there opus post, but it was so good I had to mention it again. I had a great time with the other interns, Cynthia, Melissa, and Alejandra and Olivia. On Saturday we slept in- hooray! :) then had lunch at our hotel. Yum again. After lunch we went up to the cross that overlooks Antigua- you can really see the city below. It was beautiful. The City Harmonic's Mountaintop was playing inmy head as we watched the crowds and gatherings of people. ;) I learned about the 'red building' (donated by the Spanish, former embassy, houses a 2 room library, shows independent films on Wed). I even got to inform others about this historical building while up on the mountain- I garnered myself the title of the tour guide. Maybe I'll come back to Antigua and start up my own guide business. Well- we met the team that night. It was fun to meet people so close to home- Arcadia, Palmetto, and Bradenton. The guy who won the diaper drive contest is here from Oklahoma. How cool is that!? On Sunday we had our own church service, then headed out to our excursions. I did the zip lining- it was awesome! Fun story: I didn't make it all the way across the first line (1700 ft) so a guy came out to get me. Well- he must be new or something- or just really tired- or out of shape- or I'm a rhino...because another guy had to come out and rescue the both of us. I'm not making this up. It was pretty hysterical and I can't wait to see the photos! Back on the ground- we went to McDonald's for a tasty lunch in the courtyard. I had the quarter pounder- tasted just like home. Also- tried the pineapple pie: delicious! We had a blast getting to know our team and explaining everything at the center. I was so ready to go back I couldn't stand it! Can you imagine? Excited to get back to messy hands, sticky faces, potty training, wet pants, and smelly pots.....with precious singing, adorable faces, hand holding, lots of hugs, full bellies, and too many "buenos noches" to count. I missed those babies. :) so glad to be back.