In my experience, one of the biggest misconceptions about living in a foreign country is that you’ll magically become fluent in the language. Sure, you’ll definitely pick things up on a day-to-day basis and be able to navigate around stores and restaurants more easily over time. But unless you’re living and working with people in…
Soon after arriving in Argentina, Justin and I discovered torrontés, a citrus-forward, mostly dry wine (according to Justin and Wikipedia). We hadn’t heard of it before, but it’s everywhere here! We wanted to explore more of Argentina, so we decided to head to Cafayete—home to torrontés, and probably the second most popular wine region in…
After three days in Lima, a couple days in Ollantaytambo and a day at Machu Picchu (you can catch up in my blog posts Part 1 and Part 2!) we ended our trip with four days in Cusco. Surrounded by hills on all sides, at more than 11,000 feet above sea level, it’s really beautiful.…
The first part of our trip to Peru took us to Lima for three days. If you missed it, you can read about it here! After an early flight from Lima to Cusco, we hopped in a taxi for a two-hour drive to Ollantaytambo, a small town in the mountains between Cusco and Machu Picchu.…
After we decided we were going to South America, the one big trip that Justin and I both agreed we should do was Peru. The main thing we wanted to see, because we’re so original (hah), was Machu Picchu. Peru was actually the first trip we’ve taken since we’ve been in Buenos Aires. We hadn’t…
I’m sure most of you have heard about the crazy huge blackout that happened this past Sunday, June 16, in Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay. Justin and I did not experience it, because we were flying back from Peru that day. It did cause a little bit of a backup at the gates at the airport…
For the first month or so that Justin and I were in Buenos Aires, we spent weekends exploring and seeing the main sights here. We spent so much time sightseeing that a weird thing happened: I actually got sick of it! I love sightseeing. I unashamedly love checking all the must-sees off my list when…
Anyone who knows me or Justin knows that Justin loves craft beer. We’ve planned days on trips, detours on trips, and even entire trips around getting beer. We’ve waited in the rain to get beer and chased down elusive Heady Topper through the stores of Burlington, Vermont. I can’t tell you how many beer podcasts…
Remember those Scholastic book fairs you used to go to in elementary school where they converted the gym or cafeteria into a mini bookstore and you could buy books? That’s what the 45th annual Buenos Aires International Book Fair, or Feria Internacional del Libro, reminded me of, but a thousand times bigger and with the…
Hi everyone! Since we’re coming up on almost two months in Buenos Aires (which I can barely believe!), I figure it’s about time to start blogging. To recap on what we’re doing here, I left my job in the U.S. so we could live in Buenos Aires for six months. I wanted to practice my…