Looking Out

We have been down and out with colds for the last little while but yesterday and today we engaged in one of our favorite passtimes: Going out for lunch.
Fortunately or unfortunately (depending on your perspective) the young man seems to be acquiring our interest in food.

Yesterday we went to a book store cafe where they serve perfect lattes with a background of light jazz. We had pesto and carrot soup.
They have a play spot for kids where they can sit among cushions and crash around while carrying wooden blocks.

They also have overpriced translations of english social science books and a good selection of translated kid things too.

We bought the classic flap book "Where is Maisy's Panda?" or "Donde esta el Osito Panda de Maisy?" As well as a spanish translation of a French-Japanese chidren's pop-up book called "lobo" or "le loup". The French-Japanese book is lovely- I buy these for my pleasure because buying a pop-up book for a one year old is a serious mistake.

Today we had a real Guatemalan meal. One of us had the spicy hen soup Kak'ik with tamales and the other had barbeque beef with Guacamole, Tomato salsa and tortillas. In the middle of our meal a five piece band with a Mariba began to play traditional tunes. The boy enjoyed looking at the four turtles he found in the restaurant's patio fountain. Oversized for their fountain pond they were crammed together in a corner attempting to stay out of the sunlight.

This converted colonial house had a front room outfitted with a full size slide, a ball pen, and a small wooden house with a door that could be opened and closed as many times as one small child could desire. The boy's fun ended when he tried to put a couple of dirt covered ball in his mouth.

Such is a life of travel with the young boy pictured above.