Kiki's Crossing

3.29.2016 Tuesday Promise I'll keep this one short, seeing as I really don't have much to say! After two weeks of exploring southern Peru (read all about those adventures in my last blog post:  Call Me Dora the Explorer ), returning to a quiet life in Callao has been a tad difficult. More than anything, I think about home now more than ever... only 44 days, 22 minutes, and 18 seconds until I'll be landing at Denver International Airport! So, naturally, I was excited for a bit of excitement and distraction, something I thought that Holy Week and Easter would bring.  Boy, was I wrong. Coming back from vacation meant that it was finally time to head back to a regular teaching schedule as students had begun a new academic year while we were away.  Reminder: seasons are reversed in the southern hemisphere so we just finished summer and started fall. No, fall does not mean boots and sweaters and pumpkin spice everything in Peru. It's too warm and we don't have...

3.13.2016 Sunday Oh man! Traveling around southern Peru was an absolute blast! Seriously, so many things to see and do. While Kelsey and I had originally been planning to take the two week vacation by ourselves, Daniel, Roberto, and Roberto's girlfriend Monica were able to come along with us. Though this changed some of our destinations and activities, I'm glad they came. I think we saw so much more with them there as our guides and travel partners! Rather than writing down all of the tedious details of each days' activities, how about pictures and bullet points?! Woo! Great idea, Nicole! Wednesday Feb. 24th, 2016 - The Day Before Our Adventure I only mention this day because we ran into a few hiccups... First, the power went out at Daniel's house so we were unable to wash our dirty laundry. This meant backpacks stuffed with smelly clothes and few clean items to wear. Yikes. Second, the water in our apartment was practically non-existent, as it sometim...