Aleksandra’s entries
April 6 – 9, 2019 Originally, when planning this Refresh trip, we were going to stay in Buenos Aires for a couple of months with 1 or 2 side trips during that time. Pedja was unsure about moving too much with 3 kids, and he insisted we experience one place in South America in a … More Ollantaytambo, Peru
Barcelona, Spain Maki got a letter from his favorite cousin Mason today and was super motivated to write him back. He sat down and wrote a whole page, the whole “hamburger essay”, all by himself. There was a top bun (intro), lots of meat and fixings (juicy content) and a bottom bun (conclusion).It’s messy, there … More Boys Writing Letters
This is probably the earliest we’ll be at an airport. Leaving Uruguay and heading to Peru this morning. We had to be up at 3am to get in the Uber 30 min later for a 5am flight.This was all spiced up with an extremely obsessive 15 year old whose life depended on which foot goes … More Leaving Montevideo, Uruguay, heading to Cusco, Peru
April 1 – April 6, 2019 We were in Montevideo, Uruguay for only 6 days. Our time there was colored by our feelings of sadness for leaving Buenos Aires. However, we loved the neighborhood we stayed in Montevideo. We stayed in Pocitos, a block away from a beautiful and impressively clean beach. We spent some … More Montevideo, Uruguay
Montevideo, Uruguay April 5, 2019 I find myself overwhelmed with all the different aspects of our travel experience that are hard to put in words. Logistcs are ok, we are well organized and have been transitioning smoothly. What’s hard for me is processing all that we are experiencing.I do not have enough mental bandwidth to … More Not Much Time for Reflections
April 4, 2019 This happened today!!!! They are bickering 95% of the time but those other 5% are just pure bliss. Nina is making more (successful) attempts to play with Maksim but his play is always the same (same patterns, words, process), a lot of times not timed well and it’s always way too loud. … More Homeschooling in Uruguay
Buenos Aires, Argentina April 4, 2019 This post is a testament of the good times the kids had in Buenos Aires. Even though it is mostly about Nina, the pictures include all three kids. Petra insisted on claiming she missed Seattle that month but these photos are a proof that those moments of sadness were … More Funny Young Man
Buenos Aires, Argentina April 3, 2019 The best part of this trip is the amount of time we are spending together, away from distractions of work, school, kids’ activities, social obligations, etc. We always thought we were a close family, but this sort of a trip redefines ‘closeness’. I’ve read many blogs written by the … More First Few Weeks of Travel
April 1, 2019 It’s 5:30am and the gang is on its way to a ferry for Montevideo, Uruguay. Some are eating a sandwich first thing in the morning, one is on her phone while the craziest two are already picking on each other (debating if Nina has a “butt or peash-bootish” (long story). Thankfully, the … More Leaving Argentina, heading to Uruguay
March 18 – April 1 , 2019 We got back from Iguazu and had a few days by ourselves before McElwees came down from Seattle for a week-long visit to celebrate Maksim’s birthday with us. Danijela is Maksim’s Godmother and McElwees are family to us. I was gonna say how Maksim loves Zachy but then … More Buenos Aires, Argentina (Part 2)
Refresh Journey 