We’ve been in Lima for over a month now and decided it was high time we did some ‘touristy’ stuff and saw the rest of the city! Â We picked the oh-so-popular Turibus Tour (complete with flag-waving tour guide and everything) and for $30 a person got a 4 hour tour of the...
At every post with a hardship designation, there is inevitably something that the Security Team  scares the bejeezus out of us about (with the intent of keeping us safer, of course).  They go over-the-top at the beginning in the hopes of instilling good habits and a sense of cautious...
I was more than a little nervous to start up Spanish classes again. Â I mean 2 hours a day, 5 days a week is a LOT of Spanish. Â That 2 hours could really go by slowly, especially if I’m buried in overwhelm. Â To my delight, it has been a absolute blast! Most of the credit goes to...
This week’s Saturday date coincided with an Embassy-planned outing to La Mar CevicherÃa. Â Instead of going solo, we met up with 10 other ceviche-lovers at what could arguably be called the most famous CevicherÃa in the world. Â Why is this one so famous, you ask? Â Well, first...