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Antigua Guatemala | Romantic Wedding

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Now it can be told: The story of how the Yolkobsens met in Antigua Guatemala and got married a year

later. Antigua is truly a romantic town.

It wasNew Years Eve 2009. To the Mrs Y. it seemed that 2010 would find her continuing her happysingleton life in her snug Toronto Annex home. I was only there on a ten-day holiday and not lookingfor romance. I was hell bent on seeking a break from winter, concentrating on my Spanish lessons and

getting to Pacaya, the live volcano about 19 miles (30 kms) southwest of Antigua.

In honour of the sainted volcano, we chose a restaurantwith a vista con Pacaya for our New Yearcelebration. Surrounded by family and friends, I watched Pacayas molten lava run down the side of its

share of the Central AmericanVolcanic Arc. You could see the red lava stream against the night sky. I

could hardly wait to get there.

Then Mr. Y appeared during the dinner. Though I thought he was the waiter, it turned out that he was

there as a potential buyer for the restaurant and was tending tables to get the feel of the place. While itwas not love at first sight, he did impress me with his response to my sisters request for a

Cosmopolitan. Ill make you a Cosmopolitan thatll knock you on your ass. Could this be him?

Could this be the man of my dreams? Actually, I only had thoughts for Pacaya. Dinner concluded and

our group left the restaurant and headed out to cap the evening off with New Years fireworks at ParqueCentral. The fireworks lit up the park fountain and its voluptuaries as well as the nearby Placio de los

Capitanes and imposing Antigua Cathedral, casting them in fine Disney colours.

Next evening, after having spent the day with my sister at Lake Atitlan, she was exhausted and I was

entirely alert, as all insomniacs are. With my sister tucked into the hotel bed at 8 p.m. I found myself a

bit at a loss as to how to spend the evening. So with my book, I went back to the restaurant to review

irregularSpanish verbs over a beer.

Mr. Y was there and we wound up talkng and then touring the night life of Antigua. There are bars and

restaurants dancing and music in this bustling town and the action goes pretty well through the night.We wound up talking (just talking, honest) until 6 in the morning as the Antigua sun was coming up to

reveal Pacaya to the town.

The following Christmas Eve, back in Canada (brrrrr), we held our wedding ceremony in my sisters

home, again among family and friends. Thanks, romantic Antigua.

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