Alcala de Henares, España

In the Spring of 2007 I had the wonderful opportunity to do a two month study abroad in Spain.  I lived with an amazing spanish family in Alcala de Henares, a town about 30 minutes outside of Madrid. I absolutely fell in love with this country!

There are many birds getting cozy on the buildings around the town square.

I told you they like to get cozy!

I loved watching the old men argue in the town square!

Que?

Best water drains ever.

Image street.

The courtyard of one of the oldest Universities in Spain.

I had the most gorgeous walk to and from school.

Also part of the walk to school and this day the reflection caught my eye.

Loved this saying written into the path through the park.

If you look at the bottom right corner of this random wall mural.... you can tell the artist wasn't a fan of the U.S....

The Amazon and Lake Titicaca, Peru

Not only did we live in Peru for four months, but we also took vacations all over the southern half of the country.  Here are more pics from that 2004 trip with the 35mm film camera.

A portion of the Amazon river down in the Madre de Dios region in south eastern Peru.

The trees in the Amazon are amazingly intricate.

We stayed in a reserve resort in the middle of the jungle, by the river, and got to take amazing boat tours.

So much green.

Lake Titicaca and a reed island made by the Uros people who live in the middle of the lake.

An Aymara woman trying to make a little bit of change the best she can by tourists visiting ruins around the lake.

This is a Chulpa (tomb) at the Sillustani ruins on the coast of lake Titicaca.

One of the reed boats made and used by the Uros.

A pair of significantly older chulpas at Sillustani.