EL YESO RESERVOIR – We headed south out of Santiago to El Yeso, a reservoir located about an hour’s drive outside of Santiago up in the Andes. The reservoir, which is a major source of drinking water for Santiago, is formed by damming the Yeso river.

We stopped in the small town of San Jose de Maipo for a short while and were able to wander around the square, grab so water and get back on the...

VALAPARISO, CHILE – Valparaiso is a port town but has that bohemian/artistic feel to it with wall art everywhere. 

Our guide, Boris, told us that artist will approach you to paint your wall…you pay for the paint as you are getting an “artist” to do the painting. Both Mike and I really like the little we saw of Valparaiso. You see wall are everywhere on so many of the buildings and walls

Our incredible cruise continues

After crossing the equator we arrived in Lima, Peru for two days.

LIMA, PERU – The port is a working port and we were not allowed to walk around except a very small area around the ship. We could take a shuttle to the entrance of the port but have been advised not to venture out as it is very dangerous, bummer as I love to take my camera and just wander.

We ...

What an incredible ride 2016 was! It was dotted with many events and trips but ended with a fantastic cruise from Los Angeles to Santiago, Chile.

We flew to Los Angeles the end of November and spent several days there visiting friends and family.

We then spend several days with Mike’s sister, Patty at her wonderfully relaxing home in Bodfish before the three of us headed to San Pedro to spend t...

November was a typical month for us with all our normal errands and  just wandering and enjoying all the sites and sounds of Cuenca. I have no idea what festival was going on this day, the people here love to celebrate!

And then there were lunches with friends and just by ourselves.

Our friend John enjoying a french fry sandwich

Capitan is a wonderful seafood restaurant in Cuenca as you can...

We continue loving it here in Cuenca and spend time with friends and exploring the area.

We wandered around town exploring the Cuenca “ArtWalk”, a self-guided art tour of over 50 locations throughout the historic El Centro...

Although we continue with our monthly commitments – Mike’s writing group, our lunch bunch group, the writers conference committee and my girls’ spa day – September wasn’t as busy as some months. So, this month’s update is going to be short and sweet as I thought I would share a few pictures and some interesting tidbits about our life in Cuenca.
 
I have been writing the “Date Nig...

OK, September isn’t over yet so I am fashionably late for my August newsletter. I know I keep saying it, but we seem to be as busy as ever and are constantly running out of hours in our day. We even mark two days a week as NO COMMITMENTS so we can spend time together.

It was a fun month...

June turned out to be a real bust. We were supposed to go to the coast and spend a few days with Mike’s brother and his family but the day before they left we both got sick. And that nasty bug hung on for about three weeks so we didn’t do too much. We did attend a two-day Book Marketing Boot Camp put on by our friend Lynne Klippel and got lots of ideas for promoting Mike’s books...

Well, only a month late as these are our May adventures.

Several months ago a handful of friends met for lunch. This was the beginning of the Cuenca Lunch Bunch, a group of friends who meet for lunch the first Wednesday of every month. We are not a club or organization, just a group of friends who enjoy each other’s company. One month we might have 5 people attend and the next we might have 16...