After a three day delay, I finally made it to Antigua, Guatemala. I spent an extra two days in Philadelphia because they would not let me on the plane thursday night because the incompetent Lufthansa needed to recalculate my fare because i made some routing changes and decided not to tell me until i was checking in an hour before my flight. Ah well, the joys and pains of traveling, right? I did haggle them to reimburse my $75 change fee though, and I got to bug Jessica for another day.

Anyhow, Antigua is about an hour away from Guatemala City, where I flew in. I had arranged someone to pick me up and haven´t had the chance to experience a ride in the chicken buses yet (but i will tomorrow). Antigua is beautiful, surrounded by three volcanos (one of them active!) and lots of colonial architecture dating back to the 1700´s i believe. The town is a bit more touristy than I had imagined but a neat place nonetheless.
Tomorrow I head to Xela, the second largest city in Guatemala up in the Western Highlands. It´s also the second most popular place to study spanish but much less touristy than Antigua. Will send an update when I get there!
Hasta luego!