April 2012
2 posts
Unforgettable Experiences
Since I have to turn in my last blog to be graded by tomorrow, I didn’t know how I was supposed to describe all my great memories into one blog…. SOO I summed it up by making a list of just a few of the memories that helped make my experience in Perú complete.
Here it goes:
1. Watching the dark scary waves in the middle of the night and talking to Ashley about how scary the ocean...
High Schools
For part of our program, it is required for us to help teach English at some high schools. Now, we didn’t start this until the last couple of weeks in our semester, so this was a brand new thing for me. The school that I go to is Colegio Pio XIII, which teaches kids ages 4-17. The age group that I have worked with is girls ages 15-17, and surprisingly enough their English was almost perfect so we...
March 2012
12 posts
My Blog Worthy Day
So today was a very interesting one, and I figured it was worth sharing. After my class I went to work out at the new gym on the UPC campus. Not knowing that bringing a towel was required, I was running on the treadmill for about 20 minutes(at a fast pace, of course) and the lady at the front desk came over and told me “no, you can’t workout unless you bring a towel”(but in Spanish) she then...
Ica/Paracas
This last weekend (well, Sunday-Tuesday) was a blast! It made me realize how much there is to do in Peru, and I enjoyed it very well. My fellow campañeros and I took about a 5 hour long bus ride on the PanAmerica highway which goes all the way to Alaska in order to get to the city of Ica, where we stayed at our resort. I have never stayed at a resort before, but I am almost certain that nobody can...
MACHU PICCHU!! (God bless you)
There is nothing like waking up at 3am to catch a bus at 4am to take us to catch our train, then to take another bus to THE Machu Picchu. At least I got a nice hot shower in the morning to wake me up(my first hot shower in Peru, might I add)! Our bus ride to the top of the mountain was crazy! We took a route that zigzagged it’s way up to the top, on a very narrow road. There was a point that a bus...
Llama land
Before leaving for Cusco on Friday, I was full of nerves. I was also more worried about getting altitude sickness more than anything. I never ended up getting horribly sick, yet on my first day I felt as if were to faint and had to sit down for a good half an hour. I also took a tea, made from coca leaves that is meant to cure altitude sickness. Along with that, I chewed on coca candy which is...
February 2012
6 posts
Convento de San Francisco
I was super stoked to find out that I would be going to El Centro de Lima to see the catacombs and the Convento de San Francisco, but I must say that there’s no way I can talk about everything so I will just include the highlights of the whole trip. It was built back in 1673 so everything that I saw on our tour was absolutely gorgeous, the architecture, the paintings, all the gold,...
New Camera= More Pictures!
As you all know, when I first got to Peru my camera busted and hasn’t been working since. The camera store where I bought it from in Kearney was nice enough to let me exchange the camera for a new one. So about a week ago, I came back from class and my host brother explained that they tried to deliver my package with the new camera in the mail but I wasn’t home, so I had to go to the post office...
Oh, so that's what an earthquake feels like...
Coming from the midwest, I was always curious about what earthquakes felt like. Of course I have never wanted to experience a severe one, but before coming to Peru I was wanting to experience one that was small enough but at the same time being able to recognize that it is an earthquake. Well I got my wish! And might I add that I’m okay with that being my last earthquake to experience! It...
WatchSome Peruvian dancers at the festival!
WatchA video of part of the mass at San Francisco cathedral
January 2012
14 posts
WatchThe drums that I was talking about at Club Play
My third week
This is my third week here and I have been experiencing so many new things, I don’t know how it is possible to fit it all into my blog! I’ll start with what I did this past weekend, a couple of my UNK friends and two of my friend’s host siblings and I went to two discotecas (dance clubs) on Saturday. The clubs were in Punta Hermosa, which is a beach about 30 min from Lima. The...
My first time to El Centro in Lima
It has now been almost two weeks since I have been here, and I find myself still slowly adjusting to their culture. It seems almost as if my Spanish is becoming better each day at a time, and I am really anxious to see how much I will know by the time I leave! On Tuesday night, I went with my friends from UNK to El Centro to celebrate the anniversary of Lima (if I can remember correctly it has...
WatchThis was one of the many dancers in El Centro at the Plaza de Armas for the anniversary of Lima. Move your mouse over the picture to press play!
Sunburnt and tired...
Today is Friday, which means we have no class today. So instead of being stuck at home being bored, 8 other friends(all from UNK) and I decided to go to the beach today. I would be posting many pictures of my ‘first time at the beach’ experience but my camera(brand new by the way) seems to be having some difficulties. I was so frustrated because I haven’t really been able to take...
Orientation/First Day of Class
Today was my first day of class, and I was really nervous mainly because I knew how I was getting to class, but I didn’t know how I was getting back. My host brother walked me to class and it wasn’t until he dropped me off at my classroom door when he mentioned that my sister would be meeting me to walk me home at 5, when my class gets out… which was a huge relief! The walk to...
First day in Peru
After arriving at the airport last night at 11pm, I had to go through what was almost two hours of customs until I finally met up with my family. I have a host mom- Carolina, sister- Claudi, and brother- Diego, all in which are very welcoming! Diego is 19 and Claudi is 22, so it is nice to have siblings my age show me around, especially since they both go to the same university as me! Everything...
Sitting at the airport...
Just sitting at the airport waiting for my connecting flight to Miami! I got to fly over the Washington monument, Jefferson monument, and Lincoln monument in Washington D.C., which was pretty cool! I’m really looking forward to meeting my family and to arrive in Lima!
