Thursday, June 9, 2011

I"m a techno-geek: A Macbook, iPhone, iPod, external hard disk, Canon camera, Canon printer and my Kindle

We stop for a $0.60 glass of fresh lemon/limeade

Botero comes from Colombia and is well represented in the Old Town

In a pretty plaza

When the Spaniards come, the Catholics come

Lots of great doors in this city

Colonial Colombia

Yellow skinned coconuts

Beautiful old buildings

The old city gets a little touristy

Welcome to the Caribean

Tiny streets

The classroom with a view: we start the school day with some reading

We flew on a small plane from Bogota up to Cartagena

Our morning flight of 5.5 hours up to Colombia

Monday, June 6, 2011

Outside Emporio La Rosa Ice Creams famous for their unique flavors like Green Tea with Mango or Rose ice cream

It sure beats McDonald's

Enjoying a Chilean lunch in the hip Bellavista area

The summer bar and living room at Neruda's house

My boys in the gardens of Pablo Neruda's Santiago house

Neruda's door

Couchsurfer Rodrigo makes our family dinner at his place! Fresh seafood pasta! Yummy!

Rodrigo has a great place

Bon Appetit!

A fountain that was a gift from Germany commemorating their 100th year anniversary of independence from Spain

The mobile office

We take a free walking tour of Santiago, Chile

The opera house in beautiful morning sunlight

Scary jobs!

Painting by high wire. Still repairing from the Chilean earthquade in Feb 2010

Snuggled up on the coach on a cool autumn morning

Seba making a special pomegranate drink

Getting ready for a fun time at our place with Seba and Peter