But For the Sky

Author: Claudia

  • Yum: Lima Food Tour

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    I was excited to get back to Lima after having been there very briefly with my mom on our Peru trip three years ago. What I mostly remember was the delicious food we ate while there, the great weather we had (despite the fact that we were there during the winter when the city is…

  • From Baños to Huaraz

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    It feels like we’ve been covering a lot of ground in the last two weeks. After spending over five weeks in tiny Ecuador, we realized we needed to get moving if we want to make Patagonia by early October. Baños was pretty much the last place we wanted to spend time in in Ecuador and…

  • Not Yum: Empanada de Globo

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    More like Empanada de Aire. No wonder they were ten cents each. Mot disappointing empanada ever!

  • South America: Top 10 Things to Love (…or at least be amused by)

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    We’ve really enjoyed traveling in South America. We’re only in our third country so far, but we’ve definitely noticed some things that make us smile, laugh, and/or curse under our breaths while still chuckling. In no particular order: Shopping. Need Q-tips? Batteries? A blender? Socks? Then you’re in luck! Just walk down the block and…

  • Yum: Canelazo

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    A warm drink made with sugar cane liquor, freshly squeezed orange and passion fruit juices, and cinnamon. Shown here from the Cafe del Cielo, with Baños in the valley below. Rainy days beware!  

  • Baños: Spanish Lessons and a Homestay

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    After several weeks in South America, I decided it was time to stop muddling through with my mixture of English and Italian and get some proper Spanish lessons. We chose Baños (full name: Baños de Agua Santa) as the spot, because it is surrounded by mountains, hot springs, and there are tons of outdoor activities…

  • Volunteering in the Galapagos

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    We knew we wanted to volunteer in a few places when we first started planning out our trip several months back. We also knew we wanted to spend a good amount of time in the Galapagos, so one of the first things we did was apply to be volunteers with an Ecuadorian organization called Jatun…

  • Otavalo’s Saturday Market

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    After 24 hours of buses, immigration lines, checking out a church built into a bridge, and walking across the border from Colombia to Ecuador, we arrived in Otavalo, a town in a beautiful valley surrounded by mountains and volcanoes, about 3 hours south of the border, on Friday afternoon. We had read that they have…

  • Yum: Colombian Chocolate y Queso

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      In Colombia, you are never too young or too old to drink hot chocolate: it is a staple drink at breakfast or for a snack. The chocolate is incredibly tasty, even though it is made with water instead of milk. It’s served with a slice of their standard cheese, which is slightly salty (like…

  • Yay!

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    This is totally unrelated to our trip, but it brought huge smiles to our faces, as it reminded us of our wonderful wedding weekend while we’re far away from our friends and family: Style Me Pretty featured our wedding- check it out here!