I’m sitting here looking out over the rooftops of the Barranco and Miraflores neighborhoods of Lima, Peru and I’m expecting myself to somehow reflect meaningfully about the experiences of the past year. First of all, WHAT A YEAR! Audra and I successfully (knock on wood, we’re not home yet) traversed the globe. We’ve:

• hiked over mountains, dove in oceans, and biked through deserts;
• taken countless busses and trains, rented mopeds, and flew dozens of flights;
• eaten hearty pig knuckle, succulent cuttlefish risotto, and crunchy grasshoppers. 

​But I’m ahead of myself. One of the purposes of this blog is to remember things for posterity’s sake. And how can I forget about the past two weeks in Bolivia and Peru?! 

 

We were only in Chile for a week and definitely have it on our list to return for further exploration. We absolutely love the geography here. You can eat lunch in the Andes mountains and then enjoy a paela marina (famous seafood soup) near the coast on the same day. 

​Ahh.....South America. We are in love with this continent - the wine, biodiversity and Spanish language.

Our first stop was Argentina. Since we only had a few weeks and winter is quickly approaching in this hemisphere, we were only able to visit a few cities in the north of the country.  But, we definitely plan on coming back to explore the south in the future.