Vamanos!

Hola, familias y amigos (I think that's right...)

Four months ago, three frazzled teachers bought three expensive plane tickets with their hard earned cash. These plane tickets were to take them to a destination far away, away from the teenaged children that once occupied their days (and often their sleepless nights). Thoughts of their adventure got them through the February blues, the March crazies, April testing time, and the May rush of frenzied grading and hyper students. Over Monkey Heads at Triple Rock each Thursday night, the three teachers schemed and toiled away trying to learn some Spanish phrases ("Hola gordito" was perfected). Finally, on June 6th, las tres profesoras graduated from Teach for America, with a cheaply framed "certificate" under plastic courtesy of the organization (and with the gift of knowing we made significant gains in our hearts).

These three teachers, Lia, Lorna and Natalie, embark on their adventure tomorrow, June 16th!
We're off on our South American Journey. We have a loose itinerary due to some last minute changes, but we're hoping to keep family and friends updated with this blog. We'll be spanning the continent from Macchu Picchu to Buenos Aires, so keep your seatbelts on. None of us have blogged before, so we're amateurs, but we hope you will enjoy our stories. We'll try our best to keep it real.

Much love,

Lia, Lorna and Natalie