Hola from Antigua

Well we arrived in Guatemala at about 2 yesterday afternoon and easily found a shuttle to Antigua about an hour away. We ended up staying in the ummagumma hostel last night which proved to be more expensive then we like. 225 quetzals, you do the math, 7.9 exchange rate. Hostels charge per person so they aren´t really worth it we find for a family. Flights were good. A little rough on the way into Guatemala city as he had to circle twice with great turbulence but we managed not to barf. I was afraid though. In the Houston airport we ran into Dort one of my best friends leaving to go to Cozumel Mexico. What a small world. So this has to be short and sweet as we are packing up this morning to find a new home. It was incredibly noisey here with fireworks and yelling throughout most of the night. We aren´t sure what our plans are next but we are definitely picking up some spanish phrases as most we have run into do not speak much english at all. We are hoping to visit Lake Atitalan and some volcanoes here soon. The temp is about 68 to 72 degree´s a little cooler then expected but better then negative 7 or 90. The food has proved to be fabulous so far. I may have a lot of gas while we are gone but it´s well worth it. The keyboard is in spanish and I still can´t figure out some of the keys but we´ll hopefully get oriented and get ourselves together soon. No pictures at this time but hopefully when we have time. We sure are taking them and can´t wait to share them. The kids were a little homesick last night but slept well despite the horrific noise last night and are in great moods this morning. Hope all is good in the states. We´ll try to write soon.