Our container was loaded today in Berkeley, and will now work its way towards our new home in Cuenca. It is both a relief, and a bit humbling to see everything we own fit in little more than half a 20 foot shipping container… Either way though, our life in Ecuador is starting to more […]
Feliz Navidad
Happy Holidays to all. For our annual holiday greeting, we thought you might enjoy Evelyn’s copycat of a painting by Guayasamin shown above, one of Ecuador’s most famous artists. The art scene in Cuenca is just starting to emerge, and Evelyn has been attending artist’s receptions and art exhibits at least once a week since […]
Visa is Approved !
Cuenca Immigration Office Our Ecuadorian resident visa has been approved! As with all things government, there are still some paperwork steps before we have it in our hands, but we received an approval email two days ago, and were told to go to the immigration office today to get the next phase of papers to […]
41 Años!
(en English = 41 Years!) Today was our 41st anniversary. Hard to believe, but it was 41 years ago today that we skied between those ski patrol poles to the flash of the newspaper camera, and said “I do” over The French Way of Skiing at Kirkwood Meadows. (I posted details on the wedding on […]
Helen Johnson, R.I.P.
My mother, Helen Johnson, passed away last night in her sleep. After battling colon cancer for the past year, she passed last night, at the age of 87. In May, the doctors told us she would likely live another one or two years. In late October, just after we arrived in Ecuador, she was […]
Rooftop Party As Pauline Leaves Cuenca
New Cathedral domes in the afternoon from neighboring rooftop Santo Domingo church, as seen from the same rooftop New Cathedral after sundown as seen from rooftop across the main square This afternoon we went to a party thrown by Vivian Slade — the jazz singer we have listened to several times from The Jazz Society. […]
Luggage, Mercado de Animales & Thanksgiving
This was a pretty full day. Probably the biggest news for us was the final culmination of The Great Luggage Journey. We went out to the airport this morning to get Pauline’s luggage… only to be told it still wasn’t here and “will definitely be on the next flight from Quito.” Since this was our […]
One Pig, One Woman
Today started off with routine. Breakfast at home, followed by taking laundry 3 blocks to our favorite Laundromat. We then walked a few blocks to make reservations for a van to take us to Guayaquil on Friday (first stop on our trip to Salinas). The van took a couple of stops, since the first couple […]
Pauline Arrives… sans Luggage
This past weekend we noted that we visited an art friend’s home, and fell in love with it. We were wondering what the neighborhood would be like living in that part of town, so yesterday we took the Blue Bus for 25 cents to there and wandered the neighborhood. At first it appeared to be […]