Matriculé

New things to report, of course. 1. Happy birthday to my borther Ian!!, 2. I successfully did laundry and 3. I enrolled in a Spanish class. My class meets every weekday morning for 4 weeks at the Peruvian-NorthAmerican Cultural Institute. It's mostly a place where Peruvians take English classes so I am definitely the one who sticks out, go figure. There are ten of us in the class and the overwhelming majority are Chinese. I have only had two classes and so far it's slow going. I understand what's going on in class and my pronunciation is swell, but I really need practice speaking and I am not getting it there. But luckily this was a pretty inexpensive course, so I am not gonna sweat it.

Thus far, I have been researching some places to volunteer and am hoping to get something going by next week. I still have a lot of exploring to do around Lima, I haven't even been to the center of town where all the museums are because that involves taking a bus. The buses are a bit disorganized and Peruvians I have met don't even like taking them, so I am currently avoiding them. No shame.

Last but not least, I leave for Cuzco Friday morning, Mark left early this morning. I am really excited to see another part of Perú other than the grey coastline. I've been reading up about altitude sickness and I plan on resting as soon as I get there. Mark will finish up working the evening and then I hope we'll be able to walk around a bit and explore the city (slowly). Saturday is up in the air, we might go to Machu Picchu or Sacsayhuamán. I would be thrilled to do either! Ok, back to dubbed sitcoms, lunch, and changing money. Hasta pronto.