by leandra | Oct 25, 2020 | Travel, USA Travel
Spending time with my sister and her four girls is always an adventure — exhausting but fun. I spent the majority of my aunt time baking with everyone (cinnamon rolls, cake pops, etc) and Eric was the play-time jungle gym (“pick me up! my turn!”). Because...
by leandra | May 29, 2020 | Daily life
I threw the down comforter and duvet cover into the dryer, selected the cycle, hit “GO” and … nothing happened. I switched outlets and scoured the manual, no luck. The power was on but the dryer wouldn’t turn. It seemed the only option to...
by leandra | May 18, 2020 | Daily life, Food & Drink
Because of the pandemic currently affecting the world, we are grounded for the foreseeable future and my hobbies now include trying to get our money back from airlines and puzzles. In between Zoom trivia and virtual happy hours, however, I have also had a lot of time...
by leandra | Jan 19, 2020 | International Travel, Travel
We arrived into town on a sunny Sunday and after checking into our B&B we decided to walk into town and grab lunch. Puerto Varas has some lovely views of the lake and volcanoes, and as with other Chilean towns, signs of the October unrest were present during our...
by leandra | Jan 18, 2020 | International Travel, Travel
For our last full day in the Lake District we ventured south to Alerce Andino National Park to visit a couple of waterfalls and scenic lake overviews. Unfortunately, this was also our most frustrating day of the trip due to weirdly early park closures and volcanic...