It seems like just days ago that I unpacked my suitcase from my New Zealand trip, and here I am packing ‘er up again for the next journey. It’s been an eventful 5 weeks at home in Regina though I must say. Margaret and I put the finishing touches on our paper, submitting it to Teaching and Teacher Education on March 17; I revised another paper for the July Mathematics Education and Contemporary Theory conference, and submitted that paper to Educational Studies in Mathematics on March 27; I endured a root canal on March 9, only to realize a week or so later that “it didn’t take” and so now I expect I’ll have to go through it again(!); I curled, arranged a trip to Malawi, reviewed conference papers, paid bills, went swimming, had a few massages, caught a bad cold, and got 4A’d from SSHRC—all in just a few weeks.
Now I’m doing laundry, replenishing supplies, and bugging Art about how many fleece tops he’s bringing (even though I have travelled more, he still manages to pack smarter than me every time!). Our itinerary for Peru is quite straightforward: except for a day in Lima on either side of our trip, we will be chilling out in the beautiful ancient city of Cusco:
Cusco, located in southern Peru, is a city with perhaps the most beautiful views in the world. It is surrounded by six mountains, some more than 6,000 meters high, as well as being the oldest city in the western hemisphere and the cradle of the ancient Inca civilization. And, of course, it is known all over the world for its proximity to the amazing archaeological ruins of Machu Picchu. (http://www.aboutcusco.com/cusco/
I guess I should have said that Art will be chilling out in Cusco; I will be studying Spanish at FairPlay (http://www.fairplay-peru.org/en/Volunteers/Spanish_Courses/) every morning for at least the first two weeks of our stay. Whether I continue my studies beyond that point depends on how envious I am of Art’s relaxed mornings in bed with a good Sony e-book.
The apartment we have rented in Cusco (http://andeanhousecusco.blogspot.
com/) will probably not have Internet access. Fear not blog readers! We will venture out to an Internet café about every 3 days so that we can share stories about our time in Peru.
This is getting very exciting…!
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