by Eileen | Feb 7, 2013 | food, food and drink, shopping, travel
This has happened to me once before, this purchasing of an unwieldy object while on the road, as if I forget that this thing, this cumbersome thing, will accompany me through my travels for the next few weeks. The first time it happened was with a large, unwieldy hat....
by Eileen | Feb 2, 2013 | feria, travel
Above, fresh hibiscus flowers. Their dried cousins, brewed as tea, cured what ailed me re: resfrío (cold). Managua was important to me. For years, it was the capital city in Latin America that caused me the most discomfort. I remember arriving there in 1993, and...
by Eileen | Jan 12, 2013 | bicycle, food and drink, haha, travel
There’s a funny story about a day and all of the various ways it did not go right. Worry not, this post ends well. A few days ago, I had to schlep bags hither and yon from the satellite hostel house I was staying at in Managua. I had a cold, but despite...
by Eileen | Dec 31, 2012 | memoir, meta, travel
At the risk of waxing too personal (but not that kind of waxing), I want to tell you about the person you see in this picture. She is terrified. She is uninformed, ill-prepared, and, not speaking the language, practically mute. And in this picture, she is taking a...
