Around the town

As we head into our last week here, we started to check off some of the things still in our list around town and a few we wanted to do again.

We had lunch at Pollo Campero - Guatamala's fast food chain. They are a chicken place where you can eat in or take out. We are in and the table service was excellent. Both the fried and grilled chicken were very tasty and better than KFC.

Next we went to La Merced, one of the larger churches in the area. This church is in a very busy party of town north of the Central Park, just past the famous arch. There are always vendors outside selling everything from goods to street food. We have been past the church many many times but this day we finally went inside. Like the other churches here, it also had a convent and much of it was destroyed by the earthquake in the 1700's. The church had been restored and is ornately beautiful inside.

We made stops at McDonald's and Starbucks to check out their courtyards. It is the nicest McDonald's we have ever been in. Most of the building fronts here are right on the street, and don't look like much, but once you enter, they have beautiful courtyard/garden areas.

Fernando's Kaffe was recommended to us by Edward for their coffee and chocolate that is made in-house. He claims it to be of Swiss quality. The samples we had made us agree. We had coffee (delicious) and sampled chocolate, and had a chance to speak to the owner who can tell you all about chocolate. We stopped back another day for breakfast and to buy coffee and chocolate to take home.

The San Jose Church Ruins was another ruins on our list. It is another convent that was ruined by the earthquakes in the 1700's. And was even more impressive than the last convent ruins we saw. It is hard that imagine how impressive they world have been in their time. Several places that were ruined have been secured and are now event spaces. We have seen many weddings at these places.

We visited El Deposito, a restaurant/bar and store for a beer. From the sidewalk, it looks just like every other restaurant/bar entrance. But once inside, it opened to a beautiful outdoor courtyard, upper deck seating, a library, and other special rooms. We enjoyed a beer. Music was starting when we were getting ready to leave so we came back the next night for dinner and music.Læs mere