Tempertandem

The weekend kicked off with gorgeous weather—perfect timing, because of course we still had to do grocery shopping. We ended up at the local mall, where we treated ourselves to hamburgers at… Burger King, of all places. (When in Uruguay, sometimes you just crave the classic junk food.) On Sunday we hopped on the bus to Punta del Este for another round of enthusiastic window shopping. Then Monday arrived like it always does—far too quickly—and we were back in class, pencils sh

We kicked off the week by joining our friends Stephen and Catalina at their church in the charming little farming town of San Carlos. It was wonderful to catch up with them and meet the warm folks in their congregation. Back home that evening, as we were getting ready for bed, we discovered we had a surprise visitor gazing down at us from his perch on the wall. The photo really doesn’t capture the drama—his legs easily spanned two inches (or more, depending on how precisely w

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