On friday night we tried to find a McDonald's after class. With no luck, we ate at the peruvian version, and it just wasn't up to par. Mike felt a little sick actually. After that we met up with some other students in the plaza de armas, the main downtown touristy area. From here we went to Paddy's, a bar/restaurant and sat around for a while. The NBA finals were on, it was good and comforting to see some good basketball! Our friends were from England and the Cheq Republic so we talked about where we are from and politics and all of that good stuff. It was fun getting to know them, but now they are leaving to do some volunteer work in other villages, so we will start all over making friends.
On Saturday we went to the Central Artesan Market. It was fun with about a hundred booths and lots of cool stuff. I'm not going to disclose all my gifts, but I got some cool stuff at reasonable prices, but you definitely had to barter a little. I got a sweater that a guy told me cost 75 soles (25 dollars) for 40 soles (13 dollars). I bought some cool artsy stuff and left with a bag full of goodies. I'm not done shopping yet (duh) but it was definitely a good day.
Our time with our family was really good this weekend. It was mothers day here too, so we got a really good meal, similar to Chicken Cordon Blue, on Sunday. We ate cake for breakfast, it was a Mothers Day cake, but it was cake. All I could think was, if only my mother could see me now! We went for a longer walk in the morning and found these bleachers where we could watch the airplanes take off, so that entertained us for a while. Then the family went to the park near our house, you have to pay a little to enter, but it is a really nice park. There is a 4-5 story slide and we had fun sliding down that a for a little while. They also had this odd see-saw that also moved in a three hundred and sixty degree circle. Mike and I went on that until we got dizzy, and we tried putting Evelita on it, but she didn't weigh enough and was stuck at the top, scared. After that we wandered around looking for an internet cafe with skype, but with no luck I resorted to that telephone. I think they were closed for Mothers Day. Places down here don't have set hours really, they just kind of come and go as they please. Especially with a lunch break in the middle of the day that shuts places down, they just kind of choose when to open again.
At night, Cynthia and I watched "PS I love you" o "Postdata te amo" in spanish with english subtitles, and it was very good! You should watch it if you never have, I mean it is a chick flick, but a good one! It was odd b/c Lisa Kurdow (the blonde on Friends), an actress I know the voice of, had been dubbed over in a spanish voice and it sounded nothing like her! I was like wait a minute.... Our house doesn't really have cable, they pick up satelitte on a little TV in the kitchen, but we just watch movies. They have tons, including seasons of House and other american shows. They don't have much of an entertainment industry down here...
Evelita got baby chicks this weekend to take care of for a week. They her cousins or something, and her mom keeps teasing her about she needs to get them nice and fat so that someday we can have them for supper. They are really kind of annoying, their cage is right outside my window and they get hungary around five in the morning. This morning, Metcha, the crazy aunt, was talking to them, asking them how there night was and how they were feeling. Of course, no answer. So she mumbled something in Quechua and continued on her way.
Today we walked to school early (a 45 minute walk) and we are doing the homework we didn't do over the weekend and catching up on our internet time. I started a new book this morning, called "Pillares de la Tierra" or Pilers of the Ground, and according to Cynthia, it is pretty good, from an English author. Maybe grandma has read it? I'll have to ask her. It is over 1000 pages, but last week I read 1000 pages in English and I have three weeks to finish it, so it sounds about right. Next weekend, Mike and I are going to Lake Titicaca for the weekend. We will take a bus overnight on friday after class, but it sounds really cool and should be a lot of fun! Some other students have showed an interest in going to, and since the school organizes the trips for us, I'm sure we will have a group of people to go with. We just have to sign up and pay with the trip coordinator at school, Javier.
I hope you all are well! See you in 48 days!
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