Jun
17

Guatemalan Father’s Day

By Mark

Today is Guatemalan Father’s Day.  I know this because Maid #4 brought me a bottle of wine yesterday and explained it to me.  (The boombas at 6am this morning also reminded us that something was being celebrated).  Of course, this was a very generous act on her part, the bottle of wine representing a day’s wages for her.

I wondered later whether I qualify for Guatemalan Father’s Day because my daughter was born here, and thus is an Antigueno, or whether I qualify merely because I’m a father.  Do Gringo children count?  Oh well.  I’m going to see if Guatemalan Father’s Day entitles me to any special treatment today.  Perhaps the bars in town will have happy hour all day?

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marina villatoro
June 17th, 2009 at 5:07 pm

good thing I read your blog. My husband totally spaced this. His dad wouldn’t be too happy:)

I’ll be in guatemala one week from tomorrow, let’s just say we’re going nutty here:)

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