Trip Home

Well I made it back to Cajamarca yesterday.  I was very excited to return and feel like it's my home.  Interestingly, I found it more difficult to leave my family and friends this time around, unlike during winter break.  I think it has to do with realizing that we have spent a year away and this is actually is going to be my life for a long while.  It is not an experiment.   It also connects with the amazing feeling I had when I got back to my simpler life in Cajamarca.  I have emotionally accepted that this is my home.  Not necessarily Cajamarca, but living abroad, traveling, and experiencing the world from a different perspective.

Don't get me wrong, I love my family and friends and enjoy every minute experiencing their presence.  I will continue to miss people and long for my family and friends that can't be replaced.  I am however, falling into this lifestyle very easily and feel like I am on the correct course.

Surprisingly we didn't use our "good" camera at all and only have a few pictures from the I-phone and from others.  Here are some of the highlights from my trip.  I am sure Kerry will have a different perspective and of course different pictures when she returns in a couple of weeks....

We arrived and immediately went to Sobelman's for the burger that I was longing for for a long time.  A very nice tradition...

Shannon and Kieran  

The world cup puzzle we brought back for the kids. 

 

Our welcome home signs!

In line for Goliath!!!

Shannon got so crazy I had to cage her for a while.

At batman at Six Flags.

Getting ready for the trip to the cottage 

Retrieving the new Aqua Patio

Lunch with the family.

I didn't make it for the Kessler shots at Vandy's

Watching Shannon's game....

Photo bomb!!

Golf at Old Hickory

Watching Kieran's game.

Our Anniversary.

My beautiful bride..

The Clum's at the cottage.

Heading to Minocua

Kayaking with Tom.

Heading back for final visits....

Kopps...  Video to follow.....

Farewell visit...

Peter and his new golf clubs.

Heading home!!

Milwaukee....San Antonio ..... BsAs ......

It has been a while since either Kerry or I have posted.  This is partly because we have been having so much fun seeing everyone and partly because of the camera and computer situation and the ability to get the pictures on the web in an efficient way.  Never the less, we are now in Buenos Aires and in the relaxing part of the trip so one of our goals is to catch up on our blogs....

We began our travels in Milwaukee staying at my brother and sister in-law's house in Sussex/Lisbon Wisconsin outside of Milwaukee.  Here are some pictures of the stay there.....

Gotta love Wisconsin weather.  This is what welcomed us home in December.  when we left Cajamarca it was 70.

Shannon and Kerry at the Domes.  Before we went to the Grohmann Museum at MSOE.  This was a favorite of Shannon's...  Kieran doesn't like work, what can I say, he has his priorities straight... : )   

Flower at the Domes that rarely flowers

Visited Mark, Steve and Cindy at Hooligans!!!

Peter at Christmas Eve. 

Kopps....  Nuff said..... 

Yes 13 below zero....  We have a 117 degree change between there and here.  : ) 

More snow, but a nice day.  I think it was around 0 degrees...  

Shannon in the penalty box!

I helped with the last couple of pieces at the end.  

Back to the airport.  Heading to San Antonio for the weekend!

Watching a basketball game in San Antonio....  That's right, floor seats....  Wow!

Back in Lima for a day and noticed a cool sculpture that we hadn't noticed before.  Lima was really nice..

In Buenos Aires at our third steak house in three days???  

The wine is so reasonably priced it makes more sense to get a bottle instead of a glass.  This place, Don Julio, lets us sign the bottle and they put it up on the wall.. 

This is a graffiti wall in our neighborhood! 

Out to dinner last night at Pescadito with the merman outside....