Las ollas pequenas!

I found them! The little spice pots! The first Sunday of every month (that would be today) is the local market day in Parque Central. Maggie texted me at noon to say she thought she'd found my pots, and ten minutes later I was happily pawing through a small pile of them. Here's what I was looking for:

They are wee! I couldn't resist the pitchers either.

For size comparison, here's a couple in my hand

I also found some other "medium sized" or, maybe "normal small sized" bowls and grabbed a few of them too - photo below.

While I was taking photos of my little pots I also paused to take some photos of my room. And then when I uploaded them to my computer I found some other pics I had taken of the "mountain" that I look at out my bedroom window. So enjoy a few more pictures of my current life, albeit a bit tardy in being posted.

Another close-up for some detail. Aren't they just the cutest things?

Other fun news from today, I got to try some Pollo Campero. This is apparently a weekend of fast food for me. Pollo Campero is a fried chicken fast food joint originating in Guatemala (although I think you can find a few of them stateside in Texas and/or California). Think KFC, but better. My host sister is supervising a play date between her son and one of his friends from school and stopped at Pollo Campero as a treat for lunch, so it's also what I got for lunch. I would say that the chicken is better than KFC (although, that's not too hard) although the fries and coleslaw are kind of sub-par. The ketchup is rather interesting, it's sort of like a mix between US ketchup and bbq sauce. It's rather tasty.

I also got brave with my food excursions at El Cuartito today. Normally I stick to the chocolate con leche (hot chocolate with milk) which is delicious. But today is a bit on the warmer side, so I opted to finally try one of their smoothies - mango, to be exact. Also delicious. Next on my list: Iced Chai Frappe. Seriously, I heart this place.

Ok, enjoy some more photos...

The other bowls I found. They're not that big, but bigger than the little spice pots

Mi escritorio! (my desk) - with my market finds and water supply

Mi cama (my bed). My host mom gave me fresh sheets this week. They're awesome :)

The other corner of my room with my dresser that I don't use. You can see my pack on top that I live out of. And my dirty clothes pile.

This is the view from outside my bedroom door. I'm on the second level of the house and look out out over the rooftops to a mountain.  Maybe it's just a hill, I can't tell. From school's roof I can almost see my room - it's obscured by another building structure, but it's not far.

That same mountain with the clouds coming in over the top of it. This was one morning that I just thought it looked really pretty.

Closer zoom on the mountain in clouds

This is from our hike in Concepcion. We were halfway up a steep hill on our way to a Myan ritual site. We got a really nice view of some of the farmland and the towns below us (Concepcion and San Marcus, I believe)

This shot is just to the right of the one above, you can see out across the valley to San Marcus (I think). Both towns are nestled in this valley ringed in mountains and volcanoes - but that's every town here in the highlands region

Further left, the hillside/mountainside opposite us. These would be the outskirts of Concepcion. After we visited the Myan ritual site we went to hang out at the midwifery clinic which was awesome.