Antigua,
Guatemala, A Visit to the Past
Vera
Melandez from El Salvador

Photo:
Thomas Peters
This
woman, who is wearing typical
multi-colored clothes, weaves goods to
sell.
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Antigua,
Guatemala is a place where time stopped three
centuries ago. It is one of the most beautiful
cities in Central America. In this city, you can
feel what life was like in the past.
You
can see colonial buildings and enjoy the
architecture that the people designed in the 1700s.
You can walk in the streets and look at the Spanish
facades, see the Cathedral of San Jose, and visit
the church and convent of the Capuchins.
I
have visited this city a lot of times because I
like it so much, but I will never forget my first
time in this city. I was 12 years old when I first
discovered the streets covered with small stones,
the houses with big windows and beautiful gardens,
the colonial buildings, the people from different
cultures walking around the central park, and the
natives wearing the typical multi-colored clothes
and talking with the tourists to try to sell their
products.

Photo:
Thomas Peters
You
can see colonial buildings and enjoy the
architecture that the people designed in
the 1700s. You can walk in the streets and
look at the Spanish facades, see the
Cathedral of San Jose, and visit the
church and convent of the
Capuchins.
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I
still remember the taste of the candies from the
Kona Maria Gordillo store and the smell of hot
chocolate and banana bread from the Dona Luisa
Chicothencalh Restaurant.
Antigua mixes the past with the present, and I
think this is one of the reasons that make people
who visit this city feel delighted.
To
me, thinking about Antigua, Guatemala is like
traveling back to another epoch. If you have the
opportunity to travel to Guatemala and you want to
travel back to colonial times, you must visit this
beautiful city.
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