After what felt like an extremely long bus ride (7 hours during the day), Ryan and I finally arrived in Cusco. Having been to Peru 2 years ago, I have been to Cusco before, but was looking forward to spending some more time there with Ryan. We had booked an apartment in the San Blas area through Air Bnb for the entire week. Although our apartment is in the house of a family, we head straight upstairs without disturbing them to get to our room, which is made up of 2 beds, a table, a small kitchenette, and our bathroom. It is by no means luxurious, but it has been awesome to have our own space, and a kitchen to ourselves for a few days. [Read more…] about Studying Spanish & Playing with Kids!
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Life in BA
After our first week in Buenos Aires, it is safe for me to say that this is one Latin American city not to be missed. The city, with a population of 13 million (nearly half off Argentina), is thriving at all hours of the day, everyday of the week. The subway is almost always packed with people of all different races, ethnicities and backgrounds going to all different parts of the city. In BA’s downtown or “microcentre” the people are trendy, and well dressed, and if you stop for a moment on the street, you are trapped between the waves of business people rushing here and there in either direction. [Read more…] about Life in BA
From small town Uruguayan charm to big city lights
Colonia is a beautiful old port city in Uruguay, well known for being the gateway to Buenos Aires. This small city is located approximately 2.5 hours southwest of Montevideo and has a population of 27,000 people. We arrived in Colonia in the early afternoon, and after checking into our hostel, we set out to find some lunch. After eating, we wandered around the city center, which proved to be quite tiny. The Main Street is cobbled, lined with restaurants serving asado, and tiny gift shops selling mate cups and straws. Aside from the gift shops, the Main Street reminded me a lot of Penticton. We arrived back at our hotel a few hours later, realizing that we had explored much of what Colonia had to offer, and we had 2 more days there! [Read more…] about From small town Uruguayan charm to big city lights