Here’s your illustrated Guatemalan Spanish word of the day: Sibarita is a combination of sybarite, epicure, gourmet and foodie plus a taste of the best things in life. At the beginning of May, I set out to visit the three main micro breweries found in Antigua Guatemala and even though this month was one of the busiest … Read more
Here’s your illustrated Guatemalan Spanish word of the day: Micro cervecería for microbrewery. As I mentioned earlier this month, we are very fortunate to have so many microbreweries in Guatemala and three in Antigua Guatemala: Antigua Brewing Company, Antigua Cerveza and Cervecería 14. Believe it or not I was abled to visit all three Antigua Guatemala craft breweries this … Read more
Guatemalans celebrate Mother’s Day on May 10, regardless of what day of the week it falls on. Nevertheless, there are many people from the US, Canada and Europe living in Antigua Guatemala and many of them will celebrate Mother’s Day today. That’s how we ended up having two Mother’s Days on the same week in … Read more
On May 3rd Latin Americans celebrate the Day of the Holy Cross as well the Day of the Construction Worker. The Day of the Holy Cross is known in Guatemala as Día de la Santa Cruz and you can see many Albañiles (construction workers) placing an adorned cross at their current construction site. TAP to … Read more
Here’s your illustrated Guatemalan Spanish word of the day: Cerveza Artesanal for craft beer. The cervecerías artesanales, craft breweries, movement went to full steam within the last five years or so. We have so many microbreweries in Guatemala and three stand out in Antigua Guatemala: Cerveceria 14, Antigua Brewing Company and Antigua Cerveza. I will … Read more
Here’s your illustrated Guatemalan Spanish word of the day: Cervezas for beers. These are the most popular beers in Guatemala produced by the national brewing company, better known as Cerveceria Centroamericana. In this picture, we are missing my favorite beer from the national brewing company, Moza. Día del trabajo, Labor Day, is observed in Guatemala … Read more