Christmas Eve has a massive parade in Cuenca every year. You can see our blog and photos from prior years here — 2012, 2013, and 2014. In past years, we have photographed the preparations of the floats and participants. This year we decided to instead go to where the baby Jesus statue was being kept, […]
Art Expo Plus Outdoor Symphony
Saturday will officially kick off the Cuenca Independence celebrations. There are over 300 different events planned in town between now and Tuesday, the majority of which are free. Cuenca expects 100,000 visitors to come to town over the weekend, and this is in a city with a population of only 450,000, so things will almost […]
Iglesia La Merced Symphony
As we have noted before, the Cuenca symphony is free. They play at a few different venues around town. Tonight is the first time they have played at the Iglesia La Merced that we can remember. This church is only a block from our apartment, and we had never been in it, so it seemed […]
Symphonic Fly Fishing
I have fished exactly once in my life, in the 1970’s using lures on the Deschutes river in Oregon. There is a story behind that one episode, but that would be a diversion here. For the last couple years in Cuenca, I have heard periodically about a local fishing guide that teaches fly fishing. I […]
Walking and Tango in Buenos Aires
We were joined in Buenos Aires yesterday by Evelyn’s sister, Pauline and her friend, Amy (upper left image above). We spent much of their first day on a Free City Walk tour of the Recoleta neighborhood of Buenos Aires, starting at Teatro Colón and ending at the well known Recoleta Cemetery. We learned fun and […]
Manhattan in Buenos Aires?
Tango is a popular theme of painters in Buenos Aires. We bought this painting for a wall at home. We arrived in Buenos Aires yesterday. After a couple days of walking around, our biggest impression (and surprise) is how similar the town is to Manhattan (New York City), which we visited last November. The frequent […]
Cuenca International Chorale
This is the time of year to hear Christmas music. In the past two years, there has been a choral presentation at the Old Cathedral on Parque Calderon, which we have gone to. This year, the group was comprised mostly of gringos for the first time, with the songs both in English and Spanish. We […]
Christmas Music
Stephanie sings as part of the University of Azuay choir Cuenca is a city filled with music, as I have said several times. Now that Christmas is around the corner, there are several music festivals every week. We were invited to Stephanie’s birthday party last May. When we heard she was be performing today as […]
Singing The Blues
If you love music, Cuenca is the place to be. There are musical performances pretty much every week. Many are free, or have a small cover charge. Tonight we had dinner at La Parola, and listened to Bobcat Jack perform his style of Blues. He popped up on the Cuenca scene while we were on […]
Wrapping Up New York Again
Our time in New York City is coming to a close. Today we walked more of downtown, came across a kid’s skating rink, a small park devoted to gay & lesbian couples, and went to the Mecca of Apple Users everywhere — the 5th Ave Apple store. We were glad we didn’t actually have anything […]