Spanish Friday: Tráfico

Today is Spanish Friday: Blog post in Spanish; English translation below.La semana pasada, en mi primer día de trabajar en mi nuevo empleo, empezó un enorme proyecto de construcción en la Carretera Panamericana.El Diario de Hoy tuvo una doble página sobre el caos que resultó de la construcción.

New Ride

We bought a new car: a 2010 Toyota Rav 4. Although a few people told us we could get by without an SUV in El Salvador, most people we talked to said having an SUV was helpful — particularly for venturing outside the capital. I don’t have a lot of experience driving SUVs so we

Things I’m Going to Miss About America: Public Transportation

I know public transportation exists in other countries — and in many places, better systems than we have in America. This isn’t about those countries. This is about where we’re going to be living.