a honeymonth
or how to make two remote jobs work for you
About a month ago, Fiona and I got married and, boy, how quickly the time has seemed to pass. It’s difficult to believe that the activity that consumed so many waking hours lives solely in our memory. But fret not! We got to spend all this new found time on planning a honeymoon, affectionately dubbed a ‘honeymonth’ by our three-year-old niece.
Another friend’s wedding was already in the books (one of eight we have this year) outside of São Paulo at the end of May, and with both of us having remote jobs, we figured we could extend the front end of that to see more of South America and that blew up into a five week jaunt through Peru, Chile, Argentina and Brazil.
Recap
Total Miles: 13,087 mi
Miles Traveled: 3,778 mi
Current City: Lima, Peru
Best thing I’ve consumed
We arrived around 1AM with some delays in Miami and woke up late to go to a coffee shop in the Barranco neighborhood. It was a cute little spot with incredible coffee, homemade almond milk, and beautiful pastries. The staff was kind, willing to speak Spanish and hit us with some English when we least expected. I had my eye on the cruffin, but I had my eye on too many things.
After a pair of poached eggs on toast with a solid Geisha pourover, we were served something I haven’t seen before, but I have a feeling is going to be a new staple given my affinity for corn-based flavors: la cachapa peruana. A base of hominy, egg, milk, sugar and salt, fried in butter and stuffed with a fresh cheese, typically guayanés (like mozz) or queso llanero (a saltier variety). The mixture of sweet and savory hit every note and I have a feeling this is going to pair veryyy nicely with the other breakfasts I’ve got in my back pocket. I’ll have the polymorv-approved (™ - pending) recipe out when I get back to my regular kitchen.
Travel Tip
Hiking, working (yeah, still working 60% of this time, but c’est la vie), and attending a wedding put some stress on our “never check a bag” policy. I’d definitely recommend getting yourself a solid 40L backpack that can still technically be a carry-on with hip straps. I got packing cubes to keep things organized along the way for each of these activities and I’ll let you know how we hold out.