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bilingual, Chile, En español, Nature, travel

Chile: Southern Cross for the 1st Time

Musicians Crosby, Stills and Nash planted a seed in my mind with their song, “Southern Cross”. When would I see that famous constellation? Where would I be? Evan and I arrived in Santiago, Chile in August of 2001. As we entered into our first summer in the southern hemisphere, smog and light pollution kept us […]

history, Life as a Woman, Living Abroad, Spanish Culture and Language, travel

4th Century Galician Woman Travel Blogger

First, thank you to Ana Linares Gil, for her tip about this tremendous woman traveler of the fourth century. Researchers think Egeria was the early travel correspondent’s name, from Galaecia (Galicia, Spain). She wrote letters to friends in a convent in the years 381 to 384. In the 1800s, the historian Gian Francesco Gamurrini found […]

Architecture, bilingual, En español, food, Nature, photography, travel

Snug Cabin Spring Break 2022

Eagle and I traveled “up north” to our family cabin in Minnesota for spring break. For three days we pursued an exhausting schedule of sleep, eat, work on a puzzle, make food, eat, play dominoes… Cabaña acogedora en las vacaciones de primavera 2022 Eagle y yo viajamos “al norte” a la cabaña familiar en Minnesota […]

food, Mexico, photography, Spanish Culture and Language, travel

Watch Our 2021 Seeds Become Flowers

Who knew Mequon Public Market would have such great design and food? We stayed overnight in the greater metropolis of Mequon, Wisconsin, population 24,422 this week. Our family made this quick foray outside Madison before the winter vacation’s over. The first night, Cafe Corazón provided our gourmet Mexican food take out dinner. We munched on […]

Nature, photography, travel

Our Sunset at 70 mph (112 kph)

Eagle and I are back from Minneapolis! We saw a beautiful Nutcracker performance that Eagle’s cousin was a part of as a student ballerina. She was in the flowers and snow dances on pointe! So fun to see. As we were driving back to Madison, going as fast as the law allows to make it […]

Art, Indigenous Peoples, photography, travel

6 Cultural Murals in Minneapolis

Just home from a week away in Minneapolis to visit family. We had fun swimming at an outdoor pool. Grandpa then Grandma were great sports taking Eagle on a dual innertube down the water slide. We saw my sister’s family and my mom’s sister and her husband over dinner. Grandpa grilled chicken and burgers. The […]