Our final activity might have been the very best. It certainly produced the best souvenirs. We went to the Choco Museo in Antigua, Guatemala on Thursday where we participated in the truffle making workshop. Each email correspondence with Carol to make our appointment contained the work “perfect” somewhere in her response. Our workshop leader, Alex, used the word “perfecto” quite frequently. When I tasted our wonderful truffles, there was no better descriptor than the word, “perfecto”. They are so wonderful! I am amazed that I have had the discipline to eat them slowly. The workshop price was $23 each. We each walked out with about 16 truffles. This was SO worth the money. If I ever go back to Guatemala, the Choco Museo will be at the top of my list.

Afterwards, our driver, Rolando, took us to a few old churches so I could take photos. We were stopped from going many places because it was a festival day. There were many streets blocked off, and I didn’t feel up to walking much (I was beginning to feel the fatigue from the whirlwind week we had). We checked into our hotel, Casa Santo Domingo. It was an old convent. It was exquisite. It has to have been the classiest hotel I ever spent the night in. We had dinner in the hotel restaurant. We both ordered coconut chicken curry on noodles. It was delicious! Outside the dining room was a garden with a hummingbird that visited a few times (I was too tired to get the shot). The room had a patio with birds of paradise and another exotic flower. There was a butterfly there posing for me. The room also had a fireplace and oddly enough, a phone near the toilet.  I took a nap after dinner that lasted until 3:15 a.m., time to get ready for our 4:00 am ride to the airport.

The rest of the photos are in my Antigua gallery.

What an absolutely wonderful week it was!