by Eileen | Jan 3, 2014 | chile, food, language, shopping
In Paraguay the land of so very much mate, it is often very hot, which does not stop people from drinking mate hot. But you can also drink it cold. At this point, it is called tereré, and it is fabulous, and is getting me through much of the summer here in Chile,...
by Eileen | Jul 13, 2013 | meta, photography, travel
One of the things I like about traveling, is that it unfolds my origami perceptions of how the world works, and reveals nooks I didn’t know where there, later refolding my mind into a totally new formation, another preconception of how the world works, which is...
by Eileen | Jul 8, 2013 | border crossing, travel
In my continued quest to get to know my neighbors, I decided to visit Paraguay. It helped that a friend of mine was going to study Guaraní for a month, and so, as doesn’t often happen, I was going to get to travel with someone, as opposed to going it alone. I...
by Eileen | Jul 4, 2013 | chile, language
Nosotros. You learn it early on in Spanish class, the first person plural, what happens when you add someone to your self. I plus you is we. Right? Not so fast. As you may or may not know, I just got back from Paraguay. If you don’t know, it might be because you...
