Tempertandem

We arrived on Friday and quickly settled into our house for the next three weeks in Punta del Este. It's taking a bit of time to adjust to the time change and the warmer weather, but we'll get there. Our host, Jesús, is keeping us on our toes—he loves chatting with us in Spanish! My first real Spanish challenge came in a small shop selling local artisan crafts. I wanted to tell the saleswoman that her inventory was really nice. Judging by the look on her face, what came out o

We hope you all are well. Since we last blogged we had just made it home from our cycle trip across Europe. We arrived home to a new grandchild, had a great time with all of our family at Christmas and now we are expecting another grandchild in April. But today we are on our way to Uruguay/Argentina for a couple of months to attend a Spanish immersion school. I hope (mi espero) we come back with at least the ability to converse with a third grader. We don't plan to blog exten

The Streets of Amsterdam: 10/13/25 Who cares about the weather when you're plotting an indoor adventure? That was our mindset today as we hopped a shuttle bus to the airport, ready to catch a train to downtown Amsterdam and lose ourselves in the wonders of the Rijksmuseum. Easy trip so we thought.  At the airport station, we were greeted by a big crowd. Not my idea of fun! Turns out, a train had broken down leaving all the others running late. When our train finally rolled in