The Street Where We Live

We live on a street named after a famous Peruvian patriot - Colonel Bolgnesi. He fought in a war with Chile. The result of that war was that Chile grew in size and Peru shrunk. Col Bolognesi left Peruvians with an expression that is now part of their language - "hasta el ultimo cartucho" ("until the last cartridge"). It was the distance he was willing to go against Chile. Well you can see by the photo that he carried his gun at the ready.

Colonel Bolognesi

The kids ahead of us were off to school. The older brother watching over his kid brother and sister. The two youngest looked to be about 4, it is hard to believe they were school age.
Kids Off to School

Arequipa is full of pleasant little parks like this one about three blocks from our apartment.

A Pleasant Park

This is a look down the avenue towards our apartment - about 4 or 5 blocks away. The sun is so strong it washed the picture in white light. We need to learn to use the camera better.

Avenida Bolognesi


It is hard to believe how dry it is here. Olga says that Andy has stopped snoring and now makes a sound like an animal in rut. Then no sound at all and she has to check if he's breathing.

Hey, we have curtains!! A new fridge. A telephone. A shower curtain rod (and curtains to boot). There is only one or two places in Arequipa where you can buy a shower curtain rod. It is made to order () and one of the few aluminum window businesses. The people who sold shower curtains had no idea where you could buy the curtain rod. We had to ask in a dozen places before we finally found the place we needed. It was one block from the university. We wait on the kitchen cabinets and counter and internet access. Our phone number is 51-54-255850.

Today Andy went to get one of Olga's favourite pictures framed. It is a photo of the Dalai Lama holding a big golf umbrella. Under the picture is the following quote:

"In Buddhism, you should not mind those who make you angry. You should love those people who irritate you, because they are your gurus. In that sense, the Chinese are my gurus."

Olga has one of those "What would Jesus do?" (W-W-J-D) bracelets that says "T-C-A-M-G".

It cost $1.35 to frame the picture. The man cut the frame parts, cut the glass, put cardboard in the back and taped it well and added a string for hanging.


One final picture. It is of the house on the hill behind our apartment. What a place to live!!

Mirador/Lookout