Valle de Angeles

The wonderful Beverly Thacker, Cultural Affairs officer for the US Embassy, and her husband Carl picked me on Sunday at noon for a day trip to Valle de Angeles which is about 22km northwest of Tegucigalpa.  We spent a lovely afternoon of walking through this small town, eating lunch, visiting the gift shops, town square, art gallery...

On the drive, the countryside landscape is bit dry in spots. Brush fires are common this time of year, late summer.

Las viberas ~ Roadside greenhouses

Many of Tegucigalpa's gardens are

filled with flowers & plants from Valle de Angeles

Valle de Angeles streets we strolled...

Left, Anafre, a special appetizer
made with melted cheese, beans, topped with ground beef.
To the right, lunch ~ so happy to see plantains!
All delicious...

The restaurant is called La Casa de las Abuelas, a family home filled with antiques.  Honduras is renowned for its carved wooden artisanry decorating boxes, wall hangings, furniture and here, this set of antique chairs in the house of the grandmothers.









La Casa de las Abuelas...

At the amazing Galeria Sixtina, a wonderful gallery filled with fine art, our last stop and it was beautiful.



Thank you Beverly and Carl for a wonderful afternoon!





Later that evening, went to the Maya-TV station to appear on the talk show, En Confianza (In Confidence) with host Pedro Grave de Peralta.  The theme of the show was the XXIII Festival Internacional de las artes escenicas Bambú 2013.   Seen here: Clowns Patricia Pardo & Company (Spain), Pedro Grave de Peralta, & Teatro Bambú company leaders Danilo Lagos, Luisa Cruz & Edgar Valeriano!

A good day, and the two days since have been chock full with rehearsals in the morning, working with the younger kids aged 7-14 in the afternoon and attending the theatre festival in the evenings!  So grateful...