First Post in Four Years
Hi, everyone.
This is my first post more than four years. I didn’t have time to blog for several reasons: (1) I was teaching full time at UPC, and (2) We had to care for my dad, who had Alzheimer’s. We moved him to Peru in March 2011 (not coincidentally, the last month I blogged). Those responsibilities made it difficult, if not impossible, for me to keep up with the weekly demands of writing a good blog, so I let An American in Lima just continue on autopilot, without adding anything new.
El Fotógrafo, El Híjo and I moved back to the United States in 2014, so we are now officially ex-expats. Our seven-year stay in Peru was challenging, eventful and life-changing. El Híjo returned to the U.S. fully bilingual. I came back with a working proficiency in Spanish and with a much broader understanding of the differences between developed and developing countries. El Fotógrafo returned with a slew of images.
So, even though An American in Lima is no longer in Lima, I’ll be posting here on what I’ve learned from my stint in Peru. I’ll also be sharing news of the nonfiction book I’m writing (it will be getting its own website soon).
Hasta mañana!
Barbara
I am an American writer who lived in Lima for seven years (2007-2014), where I covered Andean traditions, melting glaciers and daily life in the capital for Miami Herald, MSNBC and Huffington Post. I now live and work in northern Florida where I champion climate change advocacy and compassionate, affordable eldercare.
3 Comments
Pico
Welcome back and great to hear from you again! While sorry to see you leave the country, I am also glad that you got to experience it and understand while we love it so much, warts and all.
I hope you do not miss the food too much…
Barbara
Thanks for the welcome, Pico. Yes, I have come to love Peru. There are a lot of warts, as you say, but also many things of astonishing beauty and ingenuity…..Don’t torture me about the food! I need my ceviche fresh from the sea — the cold Pacific, that is. Nothing else will do.
Giancarlo
I’m oh so glad I’ve kept subscribed to your RSS feed via Feedly (guess few people nowadays know what a RSS feed is?)… Anyway, welcome back! (at least internet-wise, since neither of us is in Peru anymore…)
Hope life treats you three to some Peruvian food from time to time… That’s how I survive! 😉
I’ll be looking forward to reading how you remember Peru, now that you’ve been living abroad for some time…
¡Nos leemos!