When I see a mountain sneak peaking out from the clouds I absolutely squeal, I'm so excited. I don't know if any of you do or not, but if you do, you may enjoy sharing the view out my window. Our flights were from Cusco to Lima, then another to Guayaquil and the last one to Quito. The one from Guayaquil to Quito flew over the spine of the Andes mountains we'd not been able to see for 2 1/2 months.That's right. We've been here almost 3 months ...

I talk to myself in Spanish. I think in Spanish. It’s everywhere around us--in the people we meet, the signs we see. We’re living with Ensouk for a couple of days in her beautiful apartment across the street from La Lengua Spanish School main offices in Quito. And it’s a bit complicated. We met Ensouk (I think I spelled it Ensu then because that‘s how it‘s pronounced) and Ligia (the school director) at the school our first day in Q...

It was always just a line on the map, the Equator. It was just that south of that point they called hurricanes something else. Later I heard a draining sink swirls to the left down there, but come on, really?There are certain laws of nature that just ARE, aren't there? Water swirls to the right, days are longer in summer, temperatures are colder in winter--isn't that what we've believed all our lives?As we remember what our guide said, in 1792 French ...

We're sitting in the hostel waiting for when we take a taxi to the bus station. With not much to do today, as the clouds are hanging low and all the mountains surrounding us have disappeared, we decided to go to the American Embassy and register.Why you ask?One one of our travels we met a lady who worked in an embassy in one of the African countries and she told us to always register with each country we visit. Then if "something" happens, they can help us ea...

We arrived finally, 3 days plus an hour and a half late. We sat on the tarmac at Atlanta waiting for them to put a new sensor in.It's best to fly with all your plane parts intact, we've decided.But we're here now.It's like 2 in the morning before we get to bed and the next morning I don't know if I'm just sleepy or if it's the altitude, but I feel kinda awful.We'll see what happens after a cup of tea.