Comments on Hello From Here: Semana Santa Survival Guide

LD, en definitiva tienes sangre latina. No estás c...

2007-03-30T21:13:00.000-04:00

LD, en definitiva tienes sangre latina. No estás conforme con nada y nada te gusta. Go girl!

Thank you, oh wise ones who remember Grade 7 Socia...

2007-03-27T22:51:00.000-04:00

Thank you, oh wise ones who remember Grade 7 Social Studies and who know all the "worlds" our planet is made up of. Maybe you will fare better on the CBC IQ test than I did (go to cbc.ca and see Test the Nation).

Le Will, thanks-- yet another place for me to try out next time I'm in "the South".

The North, The South, the Western world-- I have to say I'm not a fan of that terminology, either.

I liked your guide, I'll post some pre-Semana Sant...

2007-03-27T16:13:00.000-04:00

I liked your guide, I'll post some pre-Semana Santa photos of Antigua on my blog soon... it was crazy enough just being there last weekend so I can't imagine the full-blown festivities!

Second World = former Soviet Union Communist bloc no? That's what I learned in grade 7 social studies anyway...

I think the new PC way to describe things is to say that countries are of the North or of the South. It still boils down to what Rudy said though... rich/poor, imperialist/colonial etc.

And hey, forget Cafe Condesa, I went to the most amazing cafe on Sunday in Antigua that is attached to a huge plant nursery, the 'Cafe de la Escalonia' - the most beautiful place I've been to in Antigua and that is saying a lot for a place filled with so much beauty.

There you go... So, any country from the 'first o...

2007-03-27T14:47:00.000-04:00

There you go... So, any country from the 'first or third world' could become a second world country by just having a comunist government. Interesting !

ok at first I thought you guys were kidding when R...

2007-03-27T08:01:00.000-04:00

ok at first I thought you guys were kidding when Rudy said "where is the 2nd world" but with LD saying she has never heard of it.....I will have to bite (at the risk that both of you are actually kidding)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_world

Ah yes, Cafe Condesa. Thanks. You know, the othe...

2007-03-26T23:30:00.000-04:00

Ah yes, Cafe Condesa. Thanks. You know, the other thing I wanted to experience some Easter in Guatemala but so far have not is one of those towns where they re-enact the whole Passion experience and put a "Jesus" on the cross and the whole bit.

Okay, I know I've never heard of a second world either (though to me that would be like Mexico or something) and yes we're all part of one world but third world is what I've always said and I like it. So there. Third world. That's what I like. Developing country indicates progress and I'm not always convinced any is actually happening.

Ay! Your posting brought so many memories of trips...

2007-03-26T15:15:00.000-04:00

Ay! Your posting brought so many memories of trips on Good Friday to San Felipe de Jesús... a little town just outside of Antigua. The procession Señor Sepultado (Christ laying down inside a glass urn) leaves at 3 pm and it is amazing seeing a procession leaving the church. It is funny, but most good Fridays with my dad we didn't even stop in Antigua but go directly to San Felipe... some obscure devotion of his that I haven't ask him yet.

And memories of breakfast at Café de la Condesa, behind Librería (Bookstore) el Cadejo. It is one of the few places in Guatemala where they give you homefries with your eggs... although you could ask for the black refried beans instead... and the oatmeal pancakes...

@LD & Rudy... as my mom used to say paises en vías de subdesarrollo which loosely translated means underdeveloped countries... but it makes more sense in Spanish... meaning we are yet to get to being a "developing" country.

Café Condesa. Now, I have never like the term thir...

2007-03-25T23:06:00.000-04:00

Café Condesa.

Now, I have never like the term third world, because in reality we only have ONE world. Now if you say third world as a put down or to differentiate it from the 'first world', where is the 'second world'?

Now PC terms like developing countries as opposed to developed countries are to me the same derogatory terms as third world. These terms are just euphemism to hide the crude reality of Rich Imperialistic Countries in the north and Poor Colonial Countries in the south.

Now, I am sure you are asked to follow the editorial guidelines and PC terms in your paid journalistic work, but I see no reason for you to follow euphemisms in your own personal publishing world.

(sniff) The best time of the year to be in Guate...

2007-03-25T16:45:00.000-04:00

(*sniff*) The best time of the year to be in Guate...

I think the restaurant you are talking about is "Caffe Condesa", I loved going there every other Friday just after enjoying a coffee in the park while watching the sundown. Ahh, the pleasures of the third world, sorry, developing world.