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Locro de papa

We had a group cooking lesson at the Yanapuma Spanish School. We learned to make locro de papa, a traditional Ecuadorian potato-based soup with queso fresco and avocado. The recipe seems to be slightly different everywhere, and amounts below are “to taste” – no measuring spoons here! The result is a thick, filling soup. We’ve […]

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Yanapuma Spanish School

We spent the mornings of our two weeks in Cuenca at the excellent Yanapuma Spanish School. While each of us has had varying amounts of formal Spanish instruction, Lauren and I haven’t studied Spanish for about 20 years and the boys are still beginners. We opted for private lessons for the boys. Their wonderful instructor […]

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Nate’s review of Cuenca

Food The food in Cuenca is great. There are of restaurants that I recommend. One: Fabiano’s is a great Italian restaurant. I recommend the pasta with meat balls and the pizza. It is the best Italian restaurant in Cuenca. Two: Happy Fries has great fries and you can get on your fries fried chicken and […]

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Cuenca Part 2 (days 20 -21)

This weekend we got out of downtown Cuenca and explored a bit. We’ve been trying to involve the kids more in planning and this weekend was a test! We had them choose between 2 day trips on Saturday, and Jack researched activities on the internet for Sunday. Choosing between a long car ride + short […]

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Nate’s review of Otavalo

Food The food in Otavalo is good. Otavalo is where I had my first good burger on the trip. Also our hotel had a good restaurant that made me feel like I was in Italy, which I like. Sights Our hotel was right near a park which was nice. And that’s all we saw in […]