Mexico: Cuernavaca & Cortez Nov. 14, 2022
If you read the previous blog and survived without falling asleep, the photograph of the ficus roots was in fact the Hotel Cortez and the
Mexico: Living History October 25, 2022
We’ve been away from “home” for over five months. It feels like a lifetime. Re-reading previous blogs I sense that we’re putting our experiences in
Mexico Part Two October 18, 2022
Every time we move it takes time to adapt. Some differences are small but interesting. Colombia puts a large scary health warning on alcoholic drinks.
Mexico Part 1 September 29, 2022
Leaving Colombia was more emotionally difficult than we expected. Just back from Argentina, it felt like a sort of homecoming. There was lots of space
Mendoza Part Two, Casa De Coria September 23, 2022
Travel broadens the mind, so they say. It’s also physically exhausting. I am reminded of Chaucer’s Wife of Bath who thought nothing of trundling off
MENDOZA PART ONE September 7, 2022
True to his saintly name as a rescuer of distressed virgins and robbers, Nicholas, the manager of Xumec Hotel in Mendoza heard our cry of
CARTAGENA 2 August 25, 2022
The contributions of the Jesuits to life in the new world were celebrated in the Church of San Pedro. The photograph below is of the
CARTAGENA August 16, 2022
Gulliver’s Travels is one of my favorite books. Swift was both scatological and religious at the same time, an 18th Century version of Monty Python.
MELBORP July 31, 2022
Having escaped the police, we were on our way from the center of Medellin to the new “digs”. (See Map Below.) The main road south
Moving Up In The World July 31, 2022
Of the three cemeteries we have visited on this trip, the Museo Cemetario de San Pedro in Medellin is the most impressive and, in my
Ways to Make A Living July 22,2022
Poverty is not an easy subject to write about. The average salary in Medellin is about $1,200 per month. There are many who make less.
REAR WINDOW July 7, 2022
I’ve never lived in a tower block. My thinking about them has been governed by watching the movie Rear Window with Jimmy Stewart and Grace