Visiting The Concho Y Toro Winery
(Our camera was stolen the day before we visited Concha Y Toro. The picture above is my husband’s rendition of our tasting experience.) We like to drink wine in my house. In fact, I’d go so far as to say that we love to drink wine. We’ve toured vineyards in Napa and in Walla Read the Rest…
A History Lesson In Santiago
“Does Chile have a space program?” I asked my husband as we rounded the corner into the park-like area behind La Moneda, the presidential palace in central Santiago. He fixed me with one of his “Are you really that stupid, woman?” stares.
Sand-boarding Near San Pedro de Atacama
If you’ve been reading this blog for any length of time you’ll know that I’m partial to winter sports. On a cold winter’s day, I really, truly love the feeling of hurtling down a (fairly) steep mountain slope on a snowboard.
El Tatio Geyser Field Chile
I did feel mean about waking my kids up at 4am to go to look at geysers. Honestly, I did. It seemed unfair to rouse them from their slumber.
San Pedro De Atacama Old And New
There are two parts to the town of San Pedro de Atacama. The historic center is filled mostly with souvenir shops, restaurants, bars and hawkers of visitor activities. (The nicest, friendliest and most polite hawkers we’ve come across on our trip so far, but hawkers nonetheless).
On The Bolivian Border With Peru
It’s never a good idea to show up at a border post without having first checked whether you need a visa to enter the country and how much the visa will cost.
Eat Chocolate And Support Passports With Purpose 2010
Yours truly, outside the Fenoglio chocolate shop in Bariloche, Argentina. Passports with Purpose 2010 started earlier this week and my friend Lauren, who owns Chocolopolis, a specialty chocolate shop in Seattle, has kindly donated a chocolate-tasting event as a prize. There’s more to chocolate than a plain bar of Hershey’s or Cadbury’s would lead you Read the Rest…
Chocolopolis Supports Passports with Purpose 2010
It’s time for Passports with Purpose 2010 and today I have the pleasure of participating in the kick-off of this year’s fund-raising activities and introducing you to my friend Lauren, owner of Chocolopolis.com and two speciality Chocolate shops in the Seattle area. First, let’s do a little review of Passports with Purpose. This will be Read the Rest…
Colca Canyon Trek Peru
One of the best things about our Colca Canyon trek was that this was the first time we hiked as part of a group. Even though I’d been avoiding this since I wasn’t sure how other vacationers would appreciate being paired with my sometimes cantankerous children, it worked out fine. This is our group at Read the Rest…
Colca Canyon Arequipa Peru With Kids
When I asked Renzo, our friendly host at Arequipay Backpackers about the 3-day Colca Canyon hike advertised on their Tours board, he was surprised. He encouraged us to consider the one-day visit to the canyon rim advising that the trek to the bottom of the canyon would be too much for our boys.
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