We awoke to a beautiful day in Guatemala City. Our group was led by Andres of the Metropoli Guatemala Rotary Club. He drove us to Amatitlan where we met up with Angela, the wife of another Rotarian.
We toured Andre's steel fabrication plant. It is a family owned business that has been in operation for 50 years. He and his brother now own the plant.
We had a wonderful lunch of typical Guatemalan food. This explains why my clothes no longer fit!
We left Amatitlan and headed back to Guatemala City and the traffic. Once there Angela gave us a driving tour of the City before heading over to the City Planner's office. Oliver Hartleben gave a presentation so we could see the plans they have for Guatemala City.
We then went for a tour of the Universidad Francisco Marroquin. It is a beautiful, small, private university. Luis Figueroa gave us an inside look at the history of the school and the wonderful private collection of books and maps in the library. WOW - they had books from the 1700's. It was a wonderful collection.
We ended this very busy day by attending the meeting for the Metropoli Guatemala Rotary Club. They are a small club with 18 Rotarians. Everyone welcomed us very warmly and appreciated our presentation - even if our Spanish wasn't great.
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