Winner: Elena Odio was our winner.
Many of our readers responded correctly to the February contest. We would like to thank all of you for your participation. The February winner is Elena Odio, who was the first to identify the structure in the photo as the Atomium in Brussels, Belgium. Elena’s father was in the Mexican diplomatic corps and, while living in Europe, her family visited the 1958 World's Fair where the featured attraction was the Atomium. Fifty years later, in July 2008, Elena attended the AATF convention in Liège, Belgium, and - lo and behold - as her train pulled into Brussels, there, from a distance, she saw the Atomium again! Elena has an advanced degree in Comparative Literature and currently teaches Spanish in the Department of Modern Languages at Georgia Southwestern State University in Americus, Georgia. She has selected the book, Indios de las Pampas argentinas: Leyendas, mitos, cuentos y otros relatos, as her prize. Many thanks to the Embassy of Argentina for donating this book.

November/December 2008 Winner: Giant Kite Festival in Guatemala
Diane Drews was the winner of the November/December 2008 Where in the World? Mystery Photo Contest. She correctly identified the Festival of Giant Kites (barriletes gigantes) in Guatemala. The three photos were taken at the festival that took place on All Saints Day in Sumpango, a small town about 30 minutes outside of Antigua. This tradition dates back to the end of the 1400s when people began to create beautiful kites to honor their ancestors and to ward off the evil spirits that traveled to the earth on the Day of the Dead.

Diane Drews taught Spanish at all levels of middle and high school (grades five through 12), including advanced placement, from 1973-1993. From 1993 through 2007, Diane served as an elementary/middle school principal. She is currently Specialist of World Languages in Fairfax County Public Schools, Virginia. When Diane was teaching Spanish, culture was always integrated into daily lessons. . She says that the celebrations on "El Día de los Muertos" ("The Day of the Dead") always piqued her students’ interest. The "Barriletes Gigantes" flown in the cemeteries of two Mayan villages in Guatemala, Santiago Sacatepéquez and Sumpango, were particularly fascinating. As her prize, Diane chose Chef Dario’s Simple Gourmet Cooking, generously contributed by the National Sons of Italy organization.

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