September, 2004 Archive

Our Ride

So we got the hook up for a nice smooth ride….an old 1.9 liter toyota van with a nice array of banderas de muchos colores. It’s funny because everyone that watches us sputter up the mountain waves as we pass because their van is well known by many… In Guatemala..you have to specify the color […]

The Shop

http://bluegillweb.com/crossroadscafe/

Here are a couple of pictures of the inside. The shop is super tiny…usually once a day it is packed out and nobody else can fit in, literally. Michael designed the shop for a one man operation so behind the counter is cramped too. There are two tables that four people […]

nuestra cocina…our kitchen for those that don’t speak spanish :)

Our cottage has two doors from the outside, that lead to two different rooms. WE have our kitchen..which you can see in the photo. The people that have rented this casita to us are Germans…so we have a nice blend of Ikea kitchen utencils and colors. We found it quite amusing when we discovered […]

Crossroads Cafe

WE have already learned so much since we have been here. Brett had the exciting opportunity to roast about 35 pounds of coffee last week. Yesterday and today, he helped Michael take apart and put the espresso machine back together. It was not an easy task to say the least. Atleast now he […]

Third World Bed Bugs

I woke up begging Havilah to pull glass out of my back, but she responds that nothing is there and hands the maglite back to me. About that time she starts screaming, OW!!! I looked down to see the scorpion on the sheets, and so I smashed with the spine of […]

Guatemala driving

Nuestra Llegada

This is our little house “our casita.” We keep thinking the gnomes are going to come back and steal it from us. It is about 21/2 miles from the shop “Crossroads Cafe,” and it is all the way up hill. It is on a coffee farm somewhere between 6500 feet and […]