My name is Suzanne Thompson. I enjoy photography, dining at non-chain restaurants, trying new vegetarian recipes, reading, blogging, and exploring new locations...the three most valuable are family, faith, and friends.
I was born in England, moved to Ethiopia when I was four, then to America when I was seven. In American, I have lived in eight states. Bob and I were married in January 2010 and we currently live in California and North Carolina.
Back in Lima and this was the only picture I could get in front of Machu Picchu. Our hotel in Lima, the JW Marriott. A couple more Peruvian wall hangings. Dessert for our last meal in Lima…the spiral was made from sugar, so creative!
Due to rains earlier this year, there was a landslide on the railroad track near Cusco. The landslide still hasn’t been cleared, so now visitors to Machu Picchu now have to take a 1 1/2 hour ride to the next train station. After arriving at the train station today, the passengers were all informed that [...]
After a very early 1 hour taxi ride, and a couple hour flight on Star Peru, the plane landed in Cusco, Peru. This will be home base for the trip to Machu Picchu. Lunch of Peruvian cuisine at Valentina. This dish was called “causa limena” which is a typical potato dish in Peruvian flavor. It [...]
Bob and I bought a Kindle for our trip. Due to the long batter life, we thought it would be a great item for traveling and would give me something to do while Bob was in meetings. The Resort we were at was surrounded by a huge wall, so I thought it would be best [...]
Bob and I went up the hill to overlook the El Pueblo Resort. This was our view of the resort from the top of the hill… …and this was the view when we turned around and looked down the other side of the hill. I attended the welcome reception with Bob that held next to [...]
Bob had meetings today. The first lady of Peru was one of the speakers at the meeting and was hosting the event. Elizabeth and I walked around the Miraflores area of Lima. Here is one of the many colorful wall hangings that we saw. In the late afternoon, Elizabeth and I went to meet Bob [...]
When we got up this morning, this was the view from our room. This afternoon, we went downtown to the palace square. Children had fun feeding and/or chasing the pigeons outside an old cathedral that we toured. We bought this little Peruvian doll in one of the stores. We thought it would be a cute [...]
This evening, Bob and I flew south to Lima, Peru with a couple other people from his work. We arrive really late and had read that we should make our taxi arrangements just outside the airport baggage claim and not use city taxis. As we excited baggage claim, there were several drivers all in black [...]
We were a couple of weeks late in eating the top tier of our wedding cake. We weren’t sure how it would taste after sitting in the freezer for a year. We were able to keep in frozen in the RV freezer as we drove across the country. It actually tasted really good and my [...]
Last night, Bob was going to have me meet him by the car, then we were going to ride together to get the pizza. He decided to come inside first. When he came inside, he asked what the smell was. I told him I had smelled smoke too, and had gone outside several times and [...]
