No expectations

I can’t tell you how many times I have gone out to Carmen Bajo with a long to-do list  and then have come home disappointed at getting nothing accomplished.  Yesterday was the opposite.  I went with no agenda and no expectations and I had one of my favourite days.  I learned how to make a [...]

A day to remember

Today was a special day – a wonderful day.  After talking about it for over a year, we finally arranged a cooking day with a dear friend from Carmen Bajo.  The food she makes is incredible.  Today we made 3 dishes out of green plantains – empanadas de verde, corviches and enrollado (all typical ecuadorian [...]

Thanksgiving Weekend

I had a great weekend celebrating Canadian Thanksgiving (when you are surrounded by Americans, you can’t just call it Thanksgiving!).  Of course it wasn’t the same without the beautiful fall colours, but it was still a special time.  In fact, I really maximized the holiday, eating lots of good food all weekend long.  It started [...]

4 pairs

Yep – that’s how many pairs of my shoes this city has destroyed.  I have literally worn through 4 pairs of shoes.  I don’t know if I have ever completely wore out shoes in Canada.  The latest casualty was a pair of Sketchers purchased maybe a year and a half ago. Walking to work today [...]

Micro-credit update

We are well into our first group of micro-loans that we started back in June/July.  Of the 4 loans, 1 did not work out (but, it was a really small loan so not a great loss), 1 we are nervous about, but so far has made all payments and 2 that are working wonderfully.  I [...]