March

March 13
President took us shopping this morning early and then drove us to Antigua so I could see the chiropractor there.  We dropped the others off to shop and Eldon drove me to Ian's.  He did a great job of adjusting me.  We then picked up the others and went to Soberico for lunch.  It is a beautiful garden restaurant and Chocolateria. 

Lunch at Soberico.  Yummy!

Soberico restaurant.

Parakeets decorated the restaurant.

It was very quiet even though there was traffic just on the
other side of the wall.

I tried to capture some really cool pictures of the afterlife of the American School Bus.  They are totally awesome.  We could probably get more school bus drivers in the states if the buses looked like these!

Grills, lights and chrome are all custom.

Jacked up fronts make that first step a little high.

The drivers often own their own buses.

Bus depot in Antigua.  Usually 100 buses or more coming and going at any given time.

All have racks on top for carrying cargo.  The helper climbs up and
secures or unties loads on the move.

Least fancy one I saw.

April 5th

The Catholic school across the street did their Pascua parade today.  The carpets were laid out along the street. 

They start with colored sawdust or pine needles.

Stencils are use to make lovely designs.

Different colors of sawdust make the patterns.

The alfombra (carpets) start inside the school gate, along the street to the next gate.

The girls do a great job. 

After all that work they have a program and then the parade marches over the top of the alfombras carrying heavy "thrones" in slow swaying steps.

Adults help the young girls carry the thrones.

Then they sweep up the sawdust and are done.

With spring here again the flowers, which are here all year, come out in glorious abundance and the streets are strewn with petals.  Wish they smelled as good as they look but only a couple really have a smell to them.

The next section will have a lot of pictures of alfombras so will make a new entry.  That's all for this one.