I posted a bit of a teaser on Facebook last week alluding to my latest adventure saying "details to follow". Well, here are the details: Beginning Friday, April 9th, I will walk the Camino de Santiago (The Way of St. James). The plan is to walk all 800 kilometers (500 miles). I have booked a flight from Quito to Madrid on Sunday, April 4th. On Monday the 5th, I will take a train to Pamplona, Spain and on Tuesday, the 6th I will take a bus to Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, France

I haven't written anything for a bit, so I thought I would post an update on life here in South America since my last post almost three...

A couple of months ago, I was having coffee with a friend from my book club and we were sharing our dismay about the current state of the...