Happy holidays to everyone. I hope you are enjoying a relaxing break from the hustle and bustle of our globalized economic world and spending it on supplying and demanding nothing but good times from your friends and family.
I need a bit more sleep, if you cannot tell.
Haven´t had much time in front of a computer to post, but I will "peru"ve that I am still alive now with greetings from Lima, Peru. I am happily in the Miraflores neighborhood (or city, as our hostel owner calls them in describing this large city and its safe and dangerous places for foreigners), which is very close to the beach and the ocean. Walking along side the cliff overlooking the ocean yesterday, I was reminded of Monterey and missed the Bay Area a little. But of course, there has been a lot of missing back home, being away during the holidays ...
Thankfully, I spent a lovely Christmas surrounded by kindness and festive spirits w
ith familiar faces. I am grateful to Damian and Julie´s families for embracing me & Ming into the Isla Family Christmas lunch spectacular, complete with fantastic food (Becky´s handmade lasagne was the main hit), welcoming people, and Isla family tradition naughty sugar cookies! Add entertainment from watching Sean Connery play a Russian, watching SNLs "Dick in a Box" (it´s a true Christmas song, listen to it!), and dice game dodo (basically the game of Bullshit, with dice and a cup). Everyone in the Isla family home, including the visiting Farago family, kept me laughing all day and night long, the best present indeed.
I need a bit more sleep, if you cannot tell.
Haven´t had much time in front of a computer to post, but I will "peru"ve that I am still alive now with greetings from Lima, Peru. I am happily in the Miraflores neighborhood (or city, as our hostel owner calls them in describing this large city and its safe and dangerous places for foreigners), which is very close to the beach and the ocean. Walking along side the cliff overlooking the ocean yesterday, I was reminded of Monterey and missed the Bay Area a little. But of course, there has been a lot of missing back home, being away during the holidays ...
Thankfully, I spent a lovely Christmas surrounded by kindness and festive spirits w
ith familiar faces. I am grateful to Damian and Julie´s families for embracing me & Ming into the Isla Family Christmas lunch spectacular, complete with fantastic food (Becky´s handmade lasagne was the main hit), welcoming people, and Isla family tradition naughty sugar cookies! Add entertainment from watching Sean Connery play a Russian, watching SNLs "Dick in a Box" (it´s a true Christmas song, listen to it!), and dice game dodo (basically the game of Bullshit, with dice and a cup). Everyone in the Isla family home, including the visiting Farago family, kept me laughing all day and night long, the best present indeed.
And I will cope with my remaining sorrow of being away from family this holiday by again trying to enjoy the summer weather and meeting interesting people and tasting local delicacies and exploring fascinating places. It will be hard, but I am dedicated to it ... off to Cusco in a couple hours. We will be there a few days, going to Machu Picchu and back to Cusco for new years with all the expats (it will be a happenin place, no doubt! We will be reuniting with some random folks), then after the neuvo año making our way to Lake Titicaca and Arequipa. Safe travels to everyone else, too. I think travelling in the USA during the holidays is more of an adventure than I´ll be seeing in the next week - and more chance for lost luggage than my backpacking!
Abrazos. And PLEASE send me a random email or two whenever you catch your breath from holiday going to let me know how you are.
Abrazos. And PLEASE send me a random email or two whenever you catch your breath from holiday going to let me know how you are.
2 comments:
ughh! I think all future Christmases have just been ruined after seeing that cookie picture. By the way, which naughty cookie did you choose to eat??
I wanted to consume a cervix cookie, especially because the shape lended itself well to being dipped in coffee. But I actually don´t remember which one I ate - I stayed away from the popular ones because they had passed through many hands...
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