I Love Antigua, Reason #115

Readers may remember that a few weeks ago I asked for helping getting a bible rebound.  Someone who signed in only as ‘Guest’ suggested La Copia Fiel, on 1st Ave Norte.  As it turns out, I’m really familiar with that avenue having spent so much time walking to and from Gunther’s.

You have to walk down a long, narrow open-air corridor headed east from 1st Ave to find the little office.  Anyway, La Copia Fiel is an old-fashioned printing and binding operation. There are printing presses and binding machines that probably helped Guttenberg perfect his process.  It was pretty cool to watch.  The senorita at the front desk was very polite, giggled at my Spanish and understood exactly what I wanted.

She pulled out a hardback example to get my approval, then asked me to choose my color.  She assured me it would be done in only three days at a cost of 60Q.

I had to ask her to repeat it because I couldn’t believe it.  ‘S-e-i-s-e-n-t-a’ she said slowly.  I just blinked, thinking that surely this must be for only part of it, and she says loudly and slowly ‘S-e-i-s c-e-r-r-o quetzales’.  Si, entiendo.

I paid, got my receipt and left, doubtful.

When I returned three days later, she pulled my good as new bible out from a drawer, took my receipt and thanked me for the business.  This thing, which is probably 70 years old, has never looked better.  It even has a bunch of new colored ribbons on it, so your spouse can mark all the passages she wants you to read up on for behavioral modification purposes.

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