Monday, February 15, 2010

The dinner of love!

So, apparently Belizians get no greater joy than expressing their love to people, because Valentine's Day was a true celebration around here. We'd noticed that nearly every store and restaurant in town had some kind of red and pink heart decoration, but we saw the biggest event on Sunday night... a Valentine festival in the park! There were little booths set up for pictures in front of big hearts and ponies, tons of food stands selling everything from burritos to valentine cupcakes, and lots of cheesy V-Day gifts for sale.  People were everywhere! I should have taken pictures of the whole scene, but was a bit mesmerized by all that I was seeing.... it was like the 4th of July in February!

The girls and I had been planning to see "Valentine's Day" at the Princess Hotel as a way to celebrate Valentine's Day, so we ate dinner in the hotel's restaurant which turned out to be more festive than we were imagining. The Princess still has Christmas trees in the lobby, but there were lots of Valentine's Day decorations including a giant heart made out of balloons which was a definite photo opt for us! They were offering a buffet filled with lots of delicious foods, so we splurged a little and treated ourselves to some "real" food!
 
We chose a traditional "prom pose" picture given the background scenery. lol
Everyone in the lobby area probably thought we were crazy!


After dinner, I ran into one of my students (Celine) who's dad own the hotel and cinema. I got to meet her mom and dad who turned out to be some of the sweetest people I've ever met! They even treated us to a free movie and told us to come back anytime! Sweet!

Here's a few pics from dinner at Old Belize on Friday night. We went with a group of teachers from Hummingbird... it was really nice!



2 comments:

  1. Hey Honey! You look so tan! I will be there in 3 weeks!! Yay

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  2. Josh we've talked about this before. stop it. but Venus I think you meant to say mesmerizing. but it's ok. blame it on the heat.
    other news.. my computer is about to die. it has some kind of virus and I don't know how to fix it. soo..my skype may or not be working.
    - Amanda

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