In Antigua again, and ive gotten to know the place quite well now, I love this feelingof familiarity in a place which untill recently I had never even heard of.
I was all set to leave my lovely and really cheap hostel, which included a great free breakfast of fresh fruit and pancakes and many other tasty treats too, always a winner, and head to Mexico,when I took a little early morning stroll into town, under the warm morning sunshine, watching the quaint little town come alive, andthoughtto myself,do I really wantto leave just yet?With my guide book in hand, which it permanently is these days, I noticved that for a small price, one could use the pool at a nearby swanky hotel, well, this cemented my decision, I was staying! On my way to check out the pool, I stumbled across Franks Salon and thought to myself, as much as I like my traveller, slightly surfer like scruffy long hair, it was maybe time for a trim, so I booked myself an appointyment with Frank himself, for the end of the day, so id have pretty hair for the evening, great!
Then I remembered about a photo exhibiton that i had seen advertised on my previous visit so I made my way there, to get a bit of culture and be inspired. It was a really amazing exhibiton including stills and video by photographers all aroundcentral and southAmerica, documenting their lives and also those of the people within their cities. Itwas exhibited within the ruinsof a beautiful building and half newbuilding too, so there was lots of nooks and cranies and archways & interesting natural light, happy and content. Then it was time for a little stroll around the jewelery & craft shops which there were tons of in amongst the cobbled streets and of course a spot of lunch which consisted of a delicious baked bread roll filled with spinach, herbs & peppers heated up so it was all gooey,mm mmm mmm.... thisfrom a fantastic tiny bakery I found hidden away from the main plaza, I took a picture of the young boy baking all of these lovely treats, he was only too happy to pose!
An afternoon at the pool side of this swish hotel swimming and soaking up the sun pretending that I was actually staying there and not my $5 pretty hostel up the road, I was so glad that I had stayed.
To top of the day I have a very pretty new hair do, a swish bob, have strolled around taking lovely pictures of the sun setting against a back drop of the volcano and cobbled streets and treated myself (again) to a really lovely local meal of spicy lamb stew with tamalas and rice and a large glass of red wine, happy happy happy :) xxx
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