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📸 Lens-Artists Challenge #340 – Portrait
This is my entry into the Lens-Artists Challenge, a weekly photography challenge on WordPress. This week, Ritva of Ritva Sillanmäki Photography asks us to: capture the essence and personality of your subjects. Whether you choose to ask a stranger, do a self-portrait, take the portrait of a friend, family member, or acquaintance, the goal is…
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Photo Essay: Guatemala 🇬🇹
I take a lot of pictures when we travel. A LOT of pictures. Probably approaching an annoying amount of pictures. But when I post them, I try to curate. I choose the top 10-15 photos that represent the day and, edit them. Because no one wants to see 113 un-edited vacation photos. No one. Someone…
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🍷 🇬🇹 What to Drink in Guatemala: A Sip-by-Sip Guide to Guatemala’s Drinks Culture
How does a country roughly the size of Tennessee end up with world-famous rum, a beer named by its customers, and some of the best coffee on the planet? Volcanoes, sugarcane, and several thousand years of people who take their corn very seriously. One of my favorite things to do when we travel is investigate…
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Guatemala City, Guatemala 🇬🇹
Had to be up and out of Antigua by 8am this morning. There’s a massive religious festival today, and the town essentially turns into a Times Square on NYE situation after 8am. And since our flight isn’t until the super fun hour of 11:30pm tonight, we needed to get out of dodge. Rather than spending…
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Antigua, Guatemala 🇬🇹
Wedding Day for Thomas and Stefi! Since I almost twisted my ankle on these cobblestone streets half a dozen times yesterday, decided to take the morning to chill at the hotel before getting ready for the wedding. Another spectacular Guatemalan breakfast. Motuleños (fried eggs on a corn tortilla, with black beans, mild avocado, fresh cheese…
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Antigua, Guatemala 🇬🇹
Super exciting moment this morning: we got to see one of Antigua’s volcanoes erupting! The locals call it “coughing”. They didn’t seem that excited about it. But did I mention I saw a volcano erupting?!? The national bird of Guatemala is the “resplendent quetzal”. I am in love with this bird. Unfortunately, they are relatively…
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Antigua, Guatemala 🇬🇹
Had ourselves a DAY today. Did ALL the things. First: Guatemalan coffee IS all that and a bag of chips. Freaking delicious. Had a traditional Guatemalan breakfast – eggs on top of fresh corn tortillas with some kind of yummy sauce situation, with beans and plantains. Walked and walked and walked around Antigua today. 23,700…
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Antigua, Guatemala 🇬🇹
New country for me! We’re in Antigua, Guatemala for the wedding of our “family-you-choose” friends’ son. Have known this young man since he was three. If he’s old enough to get married, that makes me, well . . . old, I guess. Smooth travel day. There’s something to be said for international travel on the…