Shopping

After Bingo, a few of us girls went out to eat for one girl's birthday. It was a really good meal, and then Stephanie and I met up with some other friends after dinner and went out dancing. We had a good time. Saturday, I slept in as much as I could (like until 7 am), got my shower as there were supposed to be some workers showing up by 9 am. I hung out at my place until about 11:30 and they never showed up. Figures. I then called a taxi (ON MY OWN!!! in Spanish) and went to see some of my boys in my class play in a soccer game. When I arrived back home, Laurie was waiting outside for a taxi to go to the market. I decided to go along with her and a few other teachers. It was kinda fun, I bought a few shirts. Nothing too exciting. Here is Sharon at this Mayan furniture store. It was kinda pretty but not really my style.

Here is our green taxi that we hired for the day to go with us and wait for us to do all our shopping. Ended up being about $55 for the day. Not tooooo bad??? ha ha. Some of the Guatemalans laugh at us gringos down here, because we were told only to ride in the green or the yellow taxis. They are registered by the city and have to keep a report of where they are, etc. They are also all metered. White taxis you have to negotiate and supposedly they are more "dangerous." Anyway, here is our GREEN taxi, just to be safe! :)

This was across the street from the furniture store. I was, obviously, a little bored. It made me think I was in Korea or something looking at this!!! :)

When we got to the market, the first thing I went for was to find something to eat, I hadn't eaten all day. This was actually Sharon's food. I had a tostada con frijoles and a plantain. Sharon had a taquito and some other sort of chile something? I also just liked the tablecloth and how colorful it was!

After the market, the other girls wanted to stop at the grocery store. I didn't need anything or want to get out of the cab, so I stayed in the taxi and we had to circle around the parking lot while waiting for the girls. I am not sure why I found this particular sign really funny to me, but it was!