Mountain Biking in the Sacred Valley of the Incas
Guest post by Maureen Santucci Peru is a fantastic destination for lovers of adventure holidays. There is a huge variety of sporting activities available and mountain biking is definitely one of them. The Sacred Valley, located just outside of Cusco, is a particularly good location for it. The climate in the Valley is much warmer [...]
Body Image
One of the things I love about living in Peru is this incredible acceptance of their own bodies that the women seem to have. I’m pretty overweight, but I don’t feel bad about it like I did at home. My husband loves my body the way it is, I’ve had men in the street “compliment” [...]
Wet Burritos
Like I said, one of my favorite parts of making a weekly meal plan is being able to arrange meals that give us some good leftovers. It worked out great for me this last week, when I was able to use the leftovers from two meals to make some amazingly delicious wet burritos. I thought [...]
Weekly Meal Plan Nov 20-26
I can’t tell you how much making meal plans helps me out. Since we usually depend on leftovers for Saturday and Sunday, having a plan helps me arrange meals that will give me leftovers that can combine in delicious and surprising ways. Like this past week, I served burritos one day and made chili [...]
Easy Chili con Carne
Yes, I know – Chili con carne isn’t a Peruvian food. But man, my husband and kids LOVE it! They’ll eat a whole pot full in just a day – there’s rarely any leftovers. I suppose there are as many chili recipes as there are people who make chili. Some like it super spicy, others [...]
Giving Kids a Reason to Smile This Christmas
I recently did an interview with Scott Jeppeson of Sonrisas en Peru (Smiles in Peru), an organization that is one hundred percent dedicated to helping improve the lives of impoverished children in Peru (you can read the article here) Sonrisas works hand in hand with the communities to help kids have a better education. They [...]
Weekly Menu Plan for Nov 14 through 20
Here we are already at the middle of November – It feels like this month is just flying by! Thanksgiving is next week, then we’re in the home stretch for Christmas. There’s SO much to do between then and now! We’ve got to start making a list for gifts for the boys – that’s the [...]
Life Behind Bars
No, I haven’t been locked away (yet) – and I’m not writing about what I hope for Joren van der Sloot. I was following a conversation – a very civil one, for a change – about the differences between gun laws in different countries. People from the UK are often dumbfounded at the ease at [...]
Hard to Say I’m Sorry
There are a lot of cultural differences between North and South Americans. And that’s an understatement! I know I’ve talked about how it took me a while to get used to the smaller “personal space” that Latin Americans are used to. I’m not really a touchy-feelie kind of gal with strangers. I remember riding on [...]
Weekly Meal Plan for November 7 thru 13
Once again, I’m going to rush right through this thing because I’ve got work to do! This not having a maid is killing me – plus the roommate has moved out so I’ve got to go through and give that room a good cleaning out too before we get another roommate in. (BTW – we’re [...]
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