On Sunday we drove to Ingapirca, the best example of Inca ruins in Ecuador. Our Yanapuma (Spanish school) friends Peter (from Bloomington, MN) and Richard (from San Francisco, CA) went with. Peter has been to Ecuador before, and rented and drove the car. The drive took about 2 hours. As we left Cuenca we drove […]
It seems that December is the season of Christmas festivities in Ecuador. I have now seen at least three parades all ready. This all culminates on Christmas Eve Day when Cuenca celebrates the “viaje nino” or travelling child. That particular parade starts at 10:00 am and goes until 5:00 in the afternoon. On Friday, our […]
Presumably you’ve already read Ellen’s latest postcard, so you know that we’re both suffering from fairly extreme altitude sickness. It’s Saturday so there is no school. Even though we didn’t know when businesses open, we left at about 7:15. Naturally, nothing was open, so we waited until 8:15 to get a bit of breakfast. We […]
My big toe hurts! Whenever I was sick or expressed discomfort my father used to tease me by asking about my big toe. It was funny at times, but also annoying. We have been one week in Cuenca. Lots of new stuff running around in my head. I am not looking for sympathy, but I […]
Bellin and Domi asked us if we wanted to “go see many lights.” It is Christmas season, and they take it quite seriously in Ecuador. There are many events, parades, and church activities. We’ve heard that the big parade on Christmas Eve lasts from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. I figured it would be Christmas […]
Sunday morning we headed out to check out the city. It was a beautiful sunny day, and the air is clear. Turns out, most of the businesses (including restaurants) are closed on Sundays. We walked past a plaza with vendors selling primarily Christmas stuff – lights, manger figures, etc. This, by-the-way, is the route that […]
” More reliably than anything else on earth, the road will force to live in the present.” Over my cold! Started Spanish class today. It was fun! My French accent gets in the way some, but overall I wasn’t as bad as I thought I’d be. My main concern is actually speaking. My understanding is […]
I’m happy to say that Ellen felt much better today. We packed up, had breakfast, and headed over to the van company across the street. We decided to go with the van, even though it was $3.50 more per person. It was just across the street. On the van, an Ecuadorean told us that the […]
We woke up this morning with Ellen a bit worse for wear. She decided to spend the day in bed and try to get this cold behind her. I took off and visited the city a bit. I decided to do a few things and inch my way in, rather than take on an ambitious […]
Make no mistake! Any flight that leaves at 10:45 pm is a red-eye flight. We can vouch for it. We caravanned from Sunshower Farm to SFO on Tuesday morning with a stop a Philz coffee on the way. Philz is a hot new thing in coffee, where they have about 20 different flavors that they […]
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