Auntie Jen- Damn, I wasn´t looking for any pinecones, but I don´t think that there were any. How disappointed you must be :P The trek was awesome, I´ll try to post about it at some point. Lots of condors and other beautiful scenery. Love you guys!!!
Camilla- Hey! Glad to have you around again. Yep, I´m done at the orphanage and am waiting for Willow here in Cuzco so we can travel around a bit. Hope you´re having a great summer with your newly expanded family.
Arantxa- Not completely converted, but certainly more than I´d ever thought I´d be. It was really worth hauling the books over, I only took a few in and they haven´t even disappeared in like 2 weeks. That´s huge! It means when I go I can leave all the others with the Tías for when they need to put them out. Miss you too! Have a great trip!!!
Proud as can be!! We all know that I have not completely converted you to math (and yes - you WILL get Joseph reading!!), but I love the thought!! :) Life at the orphanage sounds completely insane. But I can totally see why you love it. I am so glad to see that those Reading A-Z books were worth hauling over there! Miss you like crazy....
Auntie Jen- I´m glad it´s back too, the were several hours there where I thought I´d lost it all again. I was frustrated to say the least. It will be very hard to say goodbye. I can´t believe it was Betty that growled like that--well, actually I sort of can, she is very scary when she doesn´t like someone which seems to happen a lot. Love you guys!
Myrna- They seem to think that Angel is on the mend, but they´re still waiting for test results. If he´s still at the hospital tomorrow we´ll go see him again.
Everything gets destroyed or goes missing there--the poor puppets were no exception, it´s all good I suppose.
Yippee -- the blogs back up! I was bummed yesterday with no blog. Enjoyed the update -- isn't it going to be awfully hard to leave those little ones? There are several I'd like you to bring home with you (but Paul might get jealous). I'm glad your time at the orphanage has gone so well. Enjoy the rest of your trip! By the way, Betty hasn't warmed up to me and now I know it was her with the vicious growl -- very scary kitty!
Hi Shalea, it sounds like you've acquired a second family down there! How's Angel doing? I hope he recovers from the UTI and that it's not something more serious. Sorry aout the missing puppets! Love, Myrna
Hey Mama-I bought a bunch of finger puppets last year for my class, but then I never used them. Maybe I´ll have to dig them out for next year. I can´t believe how fast it´s gone by--I´m practically on the road again already. Love you!
Hey Kiddo, The finger puppets look great, you may have to invest in some to bring back w/you. Seems like your time is flying by w/the little ones. Enjoy!!! Love, MOM
Myrna- Hey! How is your summer going? The orphanage is good, I do feel really helpful there, especially now that they´re letting me do academic stuff--but it´s crazy. I found them through an organization that places people in a couple of different volunteer projects. If you can find some cherimoya you should try it. It´s super sweet but really yummy.
Hi Shalea! Good to hear from you! Wow, it sounds like you are really helping out down there and they are lucky to have you. But how on earth did you hook up with the orphanage? You've got me curious about this fruit cherimuya, I'm going to have to go find some here this summer! Take care and keep in touch, glad that you are having a great time!
Granatee- Yay! Thanks for commenting--you so totally rock!!! My housemate Madeleine says you can´t have Maria! They´re pretty much permanently attached. The Tías at the place say Maria is Madeleine´s daughter. She might actually steal off with her in the middle of the night. That´s the river I rafted last weekend, but we were on a part of it that´s outside of town. It was fairly swift. I miss you and love you guys too!!!
Miss you! Glad you are having a good time. The children are adorable. Bring me home Maria. Are you going rafting in that river? It looks pretty swift. Miss you a lot. Love you!
Victor- Thanks for the info. about passion fruit. Looks like it´s from the same family but not quite the same. Sadly, I no longer eat ice cream though even when I did I wasn´t a huge fan of lucuma. I´d rather eat fruit as fruit and ice cream as choclate.
Alex- Wow! I was so excited to get a comment from you, I didn´t know you were reading. You´ll have to tell me how your friend likes Honduras--I might need to put it on my travel wish list. Hope all is well with you.
Anitza- Isn´t the river awesome? I think that maybe it´s because it moves so fast that it stays looking nice. I swear even most nice little towns seem to have rivers that look dirty and scary. I´m just waiting until the day I see a shopping cart in this one--for some reason every river back home seems to have at least one shopping cart rusting away in it. I was feeling pissy yesterday, but now I´m back to loving this place--it´s very mellow.
Arantxa- I ran out of olives the day after I wrote this (not posted, but wrote) and haven´t had time to go back to the market. I´ve been in such desperate need that one night I saw a lady selling them on a random street out of open bowls in the trunk of her car and I SO wanted to buy some. In the end I decided against it, but now I´m wishing I hadn´t since I´m sure they weren´t any more risky than the ones at the market. And yay for cherimoya!!!
Dad- Yay! I was so happy to see a comment from you. Yuck! Who would read my blog if I put up picutures of gross stuff? The thing is, that the feet at the market are fresh, I can´t decide if that is more or less disgusting than the pickled ones they eat. Maybe I´ll snap a picture the next time I´m there and let you guys decide. Love you guys!
Hi Nice blog, btw
Granadilla is not passion fruit... Passion fruit is Maracuya, which taste better in Ice Cream... Also Lucuma in ice cream you will love it.
Katie
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Don't know if you'll come back to this page, but it's my favorite blog yet... although I still have a ways to go!