Wedding at Hobbitenango

Those who read my blog posts on a regular basis (God bless you faithful few) know that I’ve been in Antigua, Guatemala, these past few days to celebrate the marriage of my beautiful niece Hanna and her handsome beau, Beto.

On Friday, April 11, family, friends, and a handful of complete strangers joined Beto and Hanna on a mountain far above Antigua for one of the most joyous occasions I’ve ever had the pleasure to witness. 

  

The bride. 😊 Her dad is the proud-looking man just behind Hanna.

  

Cutting the wedding cake never looked quite so romantic before.

 

Mother of the bride, Hanna, Father of the bride and lovely niece Lauren.  

My gorgeous niece, Claire, sister of the bride.

  

This is me standing in the doorway of Hobbitenango.

Hobbitenango is a tavern and hostel owned by my new nephew and his business partners. The buildings that make up Hobbitenango are all Eco-friendly, made from reclaimed lumber, plastic bottles, and egg cartons. 

Still in its early phases of development, Hobbitenango will one day have individual hobbit style houses for guests to rent, and once the shire is complete they’ve planned to create an Ewok village. 

I urged them to hurry–I’m not getting any younger.

Niece Lauren and my sister-in-law, Susan.  

Delightful Andrea, (one of Beto’s cousins) with her mother. I’ve never met more loving, welcoming people. 

The rest I didn’t caption. I’ve run out of superlatives.

 

   

       

Hobbitenango is ringed by four volcanoes. Just at sunset, Fuego, put on a small show for those of us remaining. Of course, my battery was dead, so I had to borrow a photo from my brother’s camera.

 Needless to say it was a sight I will not soon, if ever, forget.

Peace, People!