Day 25: Touristing and Wandering in a Santiago Summer Heatwave
Woke to the sounds of Willa and James playing dominoes in the living room (click, click, click, click). Given this apartment setting with no formal schedule, the kids have returned...
Monthly Archive: January 2019
Day 24: Ever wonder who does the hop on / hop off bus tours?
We do! Relaxing yet productive day: Breakfast at home (love a hotel breakfast buffet but needed a break) Walked 15 min to Plaza de Armas to catch the Turistik hop-on...
Day 23: Nowhere to Be, Nothing to Do — Finally Living the Vision
When we pictured our year of travel, we pictured today. Well, not the morning part, but that was ok too. We woke at the airport Holiday Inn at 10:15 am...
Day 22: Cusco to Lima to Santiago — Goodbye to Peru and Lobsy
Slog of a travel day: Cusco to Lima, five-hour lay-over, then Lima to Santiago. Chile is 2 hours ahead of Peru and EST so we landed around 1am. It was...
Day 21: Exploring Cusco on Our Last Full Day in Peru
Today was super low-key. We bid farewell to the beautiful Sol y Luna and took a van 1.5 hours to Cusco. Cusco is historically rich, visually appealing – and very...
Day 20: Machu Picchu!
We went to Machu Picchu today. It actually lived up to the hype. There are a lot of ways to get there. You can do a 3 – 4 day...
Day 19: A Horse Show and Small Town Wandering in Urubamba
What a difference a good night’s sleep makes. James awoke a new man. Which is good because we had an unstructured day. It began with breakfast followed by school. We’re...
Day 18: Sacred Valley and the Sol y Luna Hotel
We all could have stayed on the overnight train for another day (week?) but they kicked us off after breakfast at 7:30am. We exited to a hilarious round of...
Day 17: An Insane Luxury Train Experience Through the Andes
We left Lake Titicaca and took a totally over-the-top luxury overnight train from Puno to Cusco. Reader note: This is *not* how we’re doing this trip. This overnight luxury train...
Day 16: Lake Titicaca Farmland Wandering
Our lodge isn’t used to kids, so their excursions weren’t exactly tailored to 4- and 6-year-olds. We went off menu and asked them if they could just take us around...