Volcanoes – Not Such a Problem in Boston

So this week a volcano erupted 60 miles from our house.  Walking home from work, we could smell ash in the air.
We were told the eruption was only “moderate” and nothing to worry about.
We feel better now.

For those of you who read Spanish, here’s a link to the local paper – http://www.elcomercio.com/noticiaEC.asp?id_noticia=235383&id_seccion=10.

Obama – The View from Ecuador

On Tuesday evening Jen and I (along with four other Fulbrighters) were invited to an election party hosted by the U.S. Embassy.  We were initially trepidatious of going – did we really want to ring in the election with the Embassy crowd? – but decided it’s not every day that the State Department would pay [...]