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Don’t Cry for Me – I’m in Argentina
After a wonderful 3 1/2 weeks in Wisconsin over Christmas, Matt and I escaped the bitter cold for Buenos Aires, Argentina. We have literally gone from a low temperature of -17 degrees Fahrenheit to...
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The Quest for a Popener
Twenty-five years ago, when I was a college student living in Italy, my dad and I discovered the holy grail of religious kitsch: the popener a.k.a pope bottle opener. At the time, Pope John Paul II...
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Mission Accomplished!
A mere three days after the discovery of the popenipperain (which, incidentally, I am renaming the popenippering as it has a better, well, ring, to it. Matt gets credit for the new name), I resumed...
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5 Reasons I Love Buenos Aires
From the moment Matt and I arrived in Buenos Aires, we were smitten. Ten days later our passion hasn’t faded – despite the heat and dog poop, this place is great and has made the list of places we...
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Our Highbrow/Lowbrow Day
We are trying hard to relax in Buenos Aires and limit ourselves to one thing a day (I know, poor us) due to the heat and the fact that we ran ourselves ragged in the US. But we don’t relax well and...
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Caminito: the Tourist Trap that Grew on Me
Known for its brightly painted houses, street artists and tango dancers, Caminito is one of Buenos Aires’ touristic “must sees.” Caminito is located in the Boca neighborhood, which is also home to the...
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Bread, Glorious Bread
Argentine beef has nothing on Argentine bread.* I am a carb queen and bread tops my list. That said, about 2 years ago Matt and I started following a low carb diet and bread was banned from our house...
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Fun Freebies in Buenos Aires
I have been procrastinating posting more about Buenos Aires because we did so much that I am having a hard time organizing all of it into coherent posts. So enjoy today’s post on the fun freebies and...
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Buenos Aires: Evita, the Beatles, Opera and More
Buenos Aires has so many great museums and other sights that while we saw a lot, we barely scratched the surface (a good reason to return someday). Here are some of our favorite paid attractions. 1....
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Money, Money, Money – Navigating the Blue Market
The pesos are sticking to my boobs as Matt and I race-walk the mile back to our apartment in the 100 degree heat after our first “blue market” transaction. We exchanged $700, which translated to 7700...
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Ding, Dong the Ño is Dead – Cajamarca Carnival Part 1
Cajamarquinos know how to party! Cajamarca is the Carnival Capital of Peru and the official Cajamarca “Programa Carnaval” has events beginning on January 23 and ending on March 9. To the uninitiated...
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One Parade Too Many – Cajamarca Carnival Part 2
I hate parades. I like the crowds, merriment and people watching before the parade, but I get bored silly sitting on the sidelines and watching endless streams of paraders. Until attending Markesan’s...
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Goodbye to Carnival – The Davy College Unsha
The last party of Carnival is the Unsha, where a tree is cut down, moved somewhere else and “planted” in the ground, street, wherever, and then decorated with presents, danced around and chopped down...
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Happy St. Paddy’s Day – Better Late Than Never!
Yesterday I was in Lima obtaining my Peruvian residency card. It was a typical bureaucratic experience with two items of note: the Peruvians determined that I am a green-eyed blond (and here I thought...
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Computer Meltdown
The old Kerry was back. With a vengeance. After months of going with the South American flow of a relaxed pace and inefficiency, I was done. I sprinted across the street, yelling at the Movistar...
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Soundtrack of My Life (Thus Far)
A current popular blog theme is the music that shaped the writers’ lives or is entwined with their memories. So I thought I would follow suit, but it’s hard to limit my list. Mind you, I am not saying...
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Would You Let This Baby Pee in Your Ear?
Mariana Mistina, Matt and I were at our friend Maribel’s house for a lovely traditional Cajamarquino lunch of carne asada (slow cooked beef), rice and pureed potatoes when the subject of Mistina’s...
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An Expensive Loss
I lost my Carné de Extranjería, or Peruvian residency card, yesterday so now have to go through the process of getting a replacement card. To add to the pressure, Matt and I leave for Chile and...
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So Much Wine and So Little Time – Mendoza, Argentina
Our friends Beth and Chris were our first South American guests. We couldn’t persuade them to come to Peru so we met in Argentina and Chile for a wine adventure. All adventures need some mishaps and...
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Wining Part II – Colchagua Valley, Chile
We left Mendoza and flew to Santiago, Chile, where we had an afternoon and evening before being picked up by our guide, Pablo, and driven to the Colchagua Valley for more wine tasting. We saw very...
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