

Reflections on Stina Pope’s Guatemalan Adventure
“One very cool thing about this trip to Guatemala was the reactions we got when other folks asked where we were going and what we had seen. The typical touristy folks gave a rather puzzled look and said “oh,” and changed the subject. The folks who really knew Guatemala said ‘ah,’ with a big smile – surprised but pleased that we were seeing the real Guatemala. Two very different examples are the textile museum and a tortilla demonstration. The textile museum was not simply a p