Miraflores Stories


Miraflores, Lima, Peru

Hola Amigos (Hello friends in Spanish) Yesterday was a long and tiresome day for us. We flew from Rio to Sao Paulo (delayed of course). The drive from the hotel to Rio´s airport was an eye opener. Travelling past all the fevella´s (the slums) was not a pretty site. It was so sad to see so many people living in such poor conditions. One would think th...


Yarn & Oreos & Milk

Well the last couple of days have been relatively uneventful...I learned that Oreos are much better with milk. Isn´t that something that you generally learn when you´re a child?? Regardless, it was quite an American day starting with mac & cheese and ending with oreos and milk for dessert...The days are begining to run together, class is still as borin...


Insurance brokers and Robberies

Everyone warns you about Lima, they tell you to be careful, watch your things, hide your jewlery, lock both doors in the taxi cab because it{s not uncommon to get something stolen while you{re in a cab...I arrived in Lima a few days ago late one night and was totally freaked out to grab a cab from the airport, but luckily I sat next to a group of insura...


Learning Spanish in Miraflores

Well, we´ve passed the one week marker of our trip, and we still haven´t left Lima. The gloom and the noise are beginning to be annoying, but we have had so much to take care of this last week that we couldn´t leave. Also, Jess has been sick for the last few days, so taking the bus up into the mountains probably isn´t the best move yet. We´ll leave by t...