Our final day was spent saying goodbye to the children at all three schools. It was really emotional and lots of tears were shed. The children put on performances for us at two of the schools and treated us to traditional dances and invited us to join them. We were made to feel like royalty and had seats of honour at the front. Hundreds of photographs were taken and many speeches were made. It's been quite a day and I now feel a bit deflated.
We performed Snow White again and the children really enjoyed it. The Mums brought us food at all three schools and we didn't like to refuse. Hot chocolate, Guatemalan style at four in the afternoon - my sort of snack!
Most of the group are spending all next week travelling around Guatemala but I didn't have any annual leave left so tomorrow I will be travelling to Antigua with them and spending the day there. Then Val and myself will be returning to Guatemala City. I will be staying overnight and then setting off for home very early the next day (Sunday) and returning to the UK on Monday. It's a long, tiring journey and I'm not looking forward to it. I am looking forward to going home though and have missed everyone so much.
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