The Fruit Market

Sucre - a home from home

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March 18th 2006
It has been over 6 weeks since we last had spanish lessons and we probably should be better by now, but can make excuses for this.. 2 weeks on a boat with English speakers and time in Chile, where you have to be super fluent to understand a word! So for the last two weeks we have been having more lessons. One to one lessons at 5$US per hour. And they have been brilliant, I have really enjoyed th ... read more

South America » Bolivia » Chuquisaca Department » Sucre

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Bolivia, named after independence fighter Simon BOLIVAR, broke away from Spanish rule in 1825; much of its subsequent history has consisted of a series of nearly 200 coups and counter-coups. Comparatively democratic civilian rule was established in 1... ... read more