Plus a little stroll Last weekend, we decided to go for a short hike up Ancon Hill, the highest point in Panama City, although it's only 653 feet tall. We set the Uber directions to take us to a parking lot at the base of the path, but our driver missed the turn and we …
Yes, we made it to Panama City last week. We're staying in one of the many high rises here: Pool on the roof, gym, view of the water. Hard to go wrong with that. We had a bit of a time adjusting, mostly because we are used to cities where walking is the norm, but …
We have been working with Marcela to learn Spanish (for me -- it is more of trying to learn Spanish -- think of Sisyphus rolling the rock up the hill) for about three years, but we had never met her, her husband, and their dogs until last week. You may remember from your faithful reading …
We left Buenos Aires about 10 days ago for the tropical climes of Costa Rica. You can't help but be relaxed when the sun is always shining and the pool is always inviting. We met my brother David and sister-in-law Stacey at a lovely AirBnB on a mountain overlooking the Pacific. Aaaah. The only hitch …
Last weekend was our last in Buenos Aires, at least for now. I mean, who knows, right? Friday was Valentine's Day so we celebrated with a romantic dinner of leftovers at home. We did have gin and tonics with a berry-infused gin so at least our drinks looked appropriately festive. Saturday we decided to have …
Last weekend we hopped on a plane and headed to Mendoza. We had intended to go on our last trip here, but there's only so much time and there are an infinite number (OK, maybe not infinite, but a lot) of places to go and things to do. The main attractions of Mendoza are its …
... and other adventures in shopping While Steven thoroughly enjoys the meat here (and is happy to tell everyone about how good and inexpensive it is – It is really good and really cheap ), other food items can be a bit more difficult. For instance, if you are a vegetarian and are tired of …
Unless You're Chilean We'd been in Buenos Aires for two whole weeks, so it was time for a trip. Steven had had the brilliant idea to go to Ushuaia, in Tierra del Fuego, for summer solstice because it would be as far south as we could get (without going to Antarctica - and don't get …
We arrived in Buenos Aires a week ago Saturday. We were greeted at the airport by our friends Barbara and Marco, who refused our entreaties that we would take a cab instead of making them drive an hour to the airport, an hour to our place, and then 20 minutes back to their apartment. They …
We proved all the naysayers wrong -- we pulled off Thanksgiving dinner for 19 people (including us) with nary a hitch, unless you count an extra pan of veggies and one of stuffing a hitch (in a relatively small three bedroom townhouse). Steven's mom and Vitor arrived Monday, and the rest of the clan trickled …
Doing It On The Road 