gosh. returning to blogging after harriet´s two [spectacular] contributions is a little bit daunting. i fear i might have to "write myself in" like we were always told not to do in exams. i´ve left it too long as well, and can´t possibly go into as much detail as the last six weeks deserve. this means you´re going to miss out on characters like david, the jehovah´s witness "on wife number three" who joined us [uninvited] in a peruvian ice...

When Suzie and I we were in learning Spanish in Cusco we had one somewhat strained lesson when Rodolfo, our frustrated and well-meaning teacher, tried to explain the verb "faltarse". He presented us with three pens, removed one and declared "me falta un lapizero". We looked blank. He explained that it meant "to miss". We subsequently formulated some sentences in response to the question "What do you miss in Cusco?" along th...

The next chapter of suzie-and-harriet's-south-american-adventure will be narrated by me, Harriet. Suzie has handed over the writing reigns- an excellent metaphor to begin my blog-writing career- for this installment, and I apologise for it's delay. Cusco is to blame; it always seems to hurl challenge after challenge at us. The most recent being the threat that I, as a result of the purse-(and student ID therein)-being-stolen incident, might not be able to do el c...

each time i sit down to write one of these i realise that there is -far- too much to write about sufficiently. i guess i´ll start where i left off [palm sunday] and fill you in on all the adventures [some more welcome than others] that have occurred since then. not being the World's Best Christians, harry and i arrived in a little, un-touristy andean town on palm sunday with absolutely no knowledge that it was, in fact, palm sunday. it was completely by luck, th...

well, we´ve officially said "adios" to cusco, and are on the road. it was sad to leave, but the last week at school was tonnes of fun, [which is probably why i still don´t understand the indefinite past tense.] our friend tjaard´s birthday necessitated the usual dutch drinking games [and ensuing hangovers], and we had a lovely goodbye dinner with everyone from school at what is probably the most expensive restuarant in cusco - fabulous steak, cocktai...