Balcony on Calle del Arco
This is one of my favorite balconies in Antigua Guatemala and believe it or not, you can find at Calle del Arco. …
Small Balcony in Antigua Guatemala
But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun. —Shakespeare
Decorations for the Day of the Holy Cross
Today is observed and celebrated the Día de la Santa Cruz, Day of the Holy Cross,in the Catholic world. As in previous …
Fuego volcano eruptions at night captured from Antigua Guatemala
Here I share with you the most recent Fuego volcano eruptions from the night of October 29, 2016, captured from my balcony …
Volcano Fuego’s Fumaroles, Pyroclastic Flows and Lava Rivers
How can one sleep or stay in bed with so many growls and tremors cause by the activity of volcano Fuego? What …
-5 Days to 9th Anniversary: Double Door Archway
This rare double-door arched doorway is found in Calle del Arco. This picture of the double door archway makes a perfect addition …
The Very Active Volcano Fuego, Antigua Guatemala
Oh Fuego is such a show-off. I guess volcano Fuego didn’t get enough attention when it was growing up. Did you know …
Guatemalan Portrait: La niña de Guatemala
If you don’t know who José Martí was, you are about to read a little about one of the most important figures …
Segafredo Zanetti is the best place to watch sports in Antigua Guatemala
Forget Monoloco, forget whatever, those places only have tiny screens. Yes, even the places with 96″ flat screens pale in comparison with …
Wintertime in the Land of Eternal Spring
Contrary to popular belief Guatemala shares the same seasonal schedule as North America. Thus, it starts to get chilly in LAG by …
The Day Thor Visited Antigua Guatemala
Last night was the night. Thor, the hammer-wielding god associated with thunder, lightning, storms, oak trees, strength, the protection of mankind, and …
Flowers, Sunshine and 15°C Weather Now Available in Guatemala
The title says it all. So what are you waiting for to book your flight and come to land of the eternal …
Blink And The World Will Change
It’s kind of paradoxical that in a place like La Antigua Guatemala things change in the blink of an eye. But, things …
Gran Courtyards of Espacioce!
The entire property of Espacioce! or the Centro de Cooperación de la Formación Española is impressive. Yet, many never venture beyond the …
The Golden Door
As you’re gazing at Enchanting Nook #1 at the Hotel Centro Colonial Antigua, spin your head around to your right and look …
A Room with a View
The view above of Volcán de Agua is from our studio’s window and balcony. I said before, in many listings for rent …
Casa Antigüeña: The Balconies
What better photo to wave goodbye to the Casa Antigüeña series than an image of the balconies against cloud-free deep blue sky, …
Casa Antigüeña: The Bedroom
We are just about done with the Casa Antigüeña series. Here you can see the master bedroom which basically has two large …
Guatemalan Christmas Decorations: Corderos de Tusa
We’re Hombres de Maíz. Follow the white rabbit and you’ll know why! Corderos (lambs) made from tusa (dried corn husk) are very …
Día de la Santa Cruz y el Albañil
In Guatemala and many countries in Latin America today, May 3rd, is celebrated the Day of the Holy Cross and also the …
The Guatemalan Flag Should Be This Blue…
Thanks to our resourceful readers now we know exactly what shade of blue should the Guatemalan Flag should be. Manolo provided us with the exact Guatemalan Congress Act 104-97, available as a PDF download, which determines the color blue as ISCC-NBS 177. Then, Manolo, who felt like procrastinating, decided that ISCC-NBS 177 was not something most people could understand as Celestial Blue, so he gave us a web site address where we could look at the specific shade of blue. He went even futher, and submitted the HTML codes #4285B4 and #4997D0 for the Guatemalan flag blue. Xensen, took this information and came back with Pantone Matching System 297 and 298 and a link to get an idea of the color. So with all this information at our disposal, we now know what the official blue should be used in the Guatemalan Flag (like the photo below). But, like I said yesterday, “… Reality dictates that the Guatemalan flag can be blue, any blue really, with or without the emblem or coat of arms.”
Theme Day: The View from the Bedroom Window
The house where my girlfriend (Esperanza), our three cats (Lolita, Camilo and Tito) and I live has windows facing south and west. …
Watching the pedestrians on Calle del Arco
Balconies are not very common in Antigua, yet there are some like this one on Calle del Arco. I think it is …