Stokes in Peru

Greetings again everyone, I hope spring fever has caught all of you back in the States and that the sun is shining upon you. Life has been going pretty well for Marianella and I in Peru. As you have seen throughout this blog, Marianella has been doing a pretty good job of showing me around Peru, but our travels up until this time have been around central and southern Peru. With a week-long vacation on Marianella's schedule last week, we took a few days to explore a bit of northern Peru. Our initial plans were frustrated (fog canceled our flight), but we were able to regroup and have a very enjoyable vacation in northern Peru, as you will see below. Trujillo Trujillo is the largest city in northern Peru and was actually where the groundswell for independence from Spain originated. Located along the Pacific coast the plane took little over an hour (think Minneapolis to Chicago) to land us in this wonderful city, which rapidly moved up our list of favorite cities in Peru. Maria...

Hello again everyone~ It has been awhile since you've heard from me, hasn't it? My apologies for the lengthy time between posts on the blog, but Marianella and I have settled into a pretty mundane routine since we visited Parracas Reserve. Mundane in the sense that we are both currently working-Marianella full time with her class of vivacious first graders and myself on a part-time basis at Colegio Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the American school in Lima where I have been hired. I will begin working full-time in August, so currently I have been going in a few times a week to meet some of the students and parents, attend meetings, and get an overall feel for the job. It's a nice way to break into the job and should set me up pretty well when I do start full-time. With our weeks devoted to work, we have cut back on our exotic travel schedule. We did have a nice break in the schedule last week, with school and many businesses in Peru closed from Thursday through Sunday due ...

Greetings again everyone~ It has been quite awhile since I've updated the blog. That was due in large part to my trip back to Minnesota between mid January to mid February, but we've also experienced issues at home with our computer, so I'm relying upon Marianella's work laptop for now and figured I better get you all updated while I had the opportunity (rather than whittle my time away playing online Sudoku-be forewarned, it's quite addictive!) As stated I was back in Minnesota for about a month, and I happened to arrive on the coldest day not only this year, but for the last several years. It took a bit to get my system adjusted, but fortunately, a winter thaw arrived shortly before I returned to Peru, pushing tempertures up into the 40's and making my readjustment to Peru's summer not so severe. I was happy to get a lot accomplished when I was home, plus I was able to spend quality time with family & friends. If I wasn't able to see you while home...