ClickNow that we are on the beach relaxing, we decided to close the book on our four weeks in Cuenca, and to a lesser degree our first month in Ecuador. By the way, we have passed the 100th post mark on the blog! Yeah Us! This blog may be a bit stream of consciousness, so […]
ClickWe had visited the mercado (market) 10 de Augosto (they name a bunch of stuff after dates – especially markets and streets) several days ago. When I saw the roast pig I knew I would be returning. Today we came back. Now that we are in an apartment near the central part of the city, […]
ClickLast Sunday we went with Pete and Pattie (met Pete at Yanapuma, they are from Bloomington, MN) to Alausi. We wanted to take a bus, and did. We got up at 6:00, and made the 7:00 bus. What we failed to ask was, as it turns out, the seminal question: “when does it arrive in […]
ClickLast Friday we left Cuenca for a weekend in Loja, about 3 1/2 hours south by van. From Wikipedia: The city of Loja was founded by Field Marshal Alonso de Mercadillo in 1548, and it is named for his hometown of Loja in Spain. Originally located near La Toma in the Catamayo canyon since 1546, […]
ClickOn 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 […]
ClickPresumably 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 […]
ClickSunday 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 […]
ClickWe 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 […]
ClickMake 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 […]
ClickWe met Sunday night at Froggy’s. Froggy’s Fish Market is another Topangan institution. For the last bit it’s only open on weekend nights, so Sunday worked well. One would have to say that Froggy’s epitomizes Topanga casual (sheik?) It is very common these days to find restaurants and pubs that are decorated with a bunch […]
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