Comments on: Potatoes http://www.ladybugletter.com/?p=79 Letters from Mariquita Farm Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:41:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Andrew Griffin http://www.ladybugletter.com/?p=79#comment-3410 Andrew Griffin Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:43:23 +0000 http://www.ladybugletter.com/?p=79#comment-3410 Hi Michelle: "En patota" is South American Spanish that means "unruly in a mob" more or less, and it is usually used when speaking of kids or teenagers. Hi Michelle: “En patota” is South American Spanish that means “unruly in a mob” more or less, and it is usually used when speaking of kids or teenagers.

]]> By: michelle meaders http://www.ladybugletter.com/?p=79#comment-3406 michelle meaders Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:23:17 +0000 http://www.ladybugletter.com/?p=79#comment-3406 What a charming story! Were you speaking mostly Spanish or Quecha or English with them? What does "en patota" mean in your article? We visited Peru in late June (maybe the best time of year, since you're there for the Winter Solstice celebrations) several years ago and were briefly in Bolivia near Lake Titicaca. You might explain for people who haven't visited that part of the world that Coca tea helps with the altitude and is perfectly legal there. What a charming story! Were you speaking mostly Spanish or Quecha or English with them? What does “en patota” mean in your article?

We visited Peru in late June (maybe the best time of year, since you’re there for the Winter Solstice celebrations) several years ago and were briefly in Bolivia near Lake Titicaca. You might explain for people who haven’t visited that part of the world that Coca tea helps with the altitude and is perfectly legal there.

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