We were surprised to learn that JD was born on Guatemala's Independence Day. So the Guatelmalans celebrate JD's birthday much like they celebrate our anniversary in the states. Parades,fireworks, lots of music, children running thru the streets blowing whistles and carrying torches and of course lots of food to eat. The town square was alive with people, cooking, selling cotton candy and all sorts of food and toys. We ate at the food court until we were sorry we were too full to eat another bite because the food was so tasty. All kinds of foods we were not familiar with. The sights, sounds and smells were delightful. The parades started at 9am and we thought they were over about 1130 but they started again about 3p and lasted till dusk. Laurie told us the food was great in Antigua but we had no idea how great until we got here.