Here’s one final post on my Bolivian holiday. After my sister finished performing her solo concerts in La Paz, we had just enough time for a short trip to Copacabana, a resort town on the shores of Lake Titicaca. So we gathered up the kids and hit the road. The main route to Copacabana winds […]
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An Evening at Teatro Municipal
Shortly after I arrived in Bolivia this summer, I was lucky enough to hear my sister perform at Teatro Municipal, a grand old nineteenth-century theater in La Paz. Accompanied by the young musicians of Encuentro de Jovenes Músicos Bolivianos, she and her husband played the world premiere of Jordan Grigg’s “Concerto Semplice” for Two Violins. […]
Snow at Tiwanaku
We returned to Tiwanaku (Tiahuanaco) in July after too-long an absence and were delighted to find a rare dusting of snow on the altiplano. My brother-in-law has visited this archaeological site more than a dozen times and has never seen snow. Such a treat! We naturally had to visit the Semi-Subterranean temple, which is featured […]
Football at 12,000 Feet
While we were in Bolivia, we took the girls to their very first soccer game, which turned out to be an epic match between the two great football clubs of La Paz: Bolívar and The Strongest. Our relatives’ neighborhood is a stronghold for The Strongest, so the girls got yellow scarves featuring the team’s tiger […]
Return to La Paz
You probably already know how much I love Bolivia. If I didn’t, I wouldn’t have written a novel called Requiem in La Paz. I’m so happy I made it back to the country for yet another visit. I’ve put together a few blog posts, including this snapshot of La Paz, one of the most amazing […]
A Party Without the Pope
In July, I went to stay with friends and family in La Paz. I’ve fallen horribly behind on my blogging, but here at last are some photos from Bolivia, beginning with a billboard of Pope Francis, who did not come to our party. My first week in La Paz, Papa Francisco visited Bolivia as part […]