Our last day of school before Christmas break was Thursday, December 19. It had felt like a long semester so we were all counting down the days until we got a much needed, extended break.
We started the morning with a fun Christmas themed breakfast.
We took our annual "end of the semester" Christmas photo.
That afternoon we drove into Guatemala City to celebrate. Look at that beautiful sunset view!
We had supper at TGI Friday's at the Avia building in Zone 10. TGI Friday's has always been my favorite place to eat when we visit the city.
Afterwards, we walked through Fontabella to see their Christmas decorations.
The next morning we had plans to go ride go-carts in San José Pinula. On the drive there we stopped by Condado Concepción, which is another beautiful mall in Guatemala City, to see their Christmas decorations and to eat lunch at the food court.
We then headed to Loops for some family fun.
As a Christmas gift, they always ask for a visit to the go-cart park. It has become a Christmas break tradition.
a video of our time riding go-carts
That evening we visited Oakland Mall. It is so pretty and fancy at Christmas.
a video of some of the mall decorations
We had plans to go bowling, but there was a three hour wait. Instead, the boys chose to visit the trampoline park in the new part of the mall called Oakland Place. It was fantastic! We'll definitely go back, but David and I will jump with them next time.
the boys ready to jump
Their favorite part was the slides.
a video of the boys at the trampoline park
We ate supper at the food court and picked up some Dunkin' Donuts to go before leaving the mall.
A beautiful view of the volcanoes from Guatemala City (Zone 10). From where we were, you could see Agua, Fuego, Acatenango, and to the left was Pacaya.
Guatemala City views
We had a wonderful time, and it was a fun way to kick off our Christmas break. I love this annual trip that we make each year. We all look forward to it, and it always creates some wonderful memories. It is a family Christmas gift, and probably my favorite gift of all.
On a good day it should only have taken us 1.5 hours to drive back
home. This particular day, though, it took almost four hours!!
Guatemala traffic is terrible all year long, but at Christmastime it is insane!
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