Studying Hard or Hardly Studying?
Olah, amigos. Espero todos es bueno.
It´s been a
busy few days and I´ve been sort of stressed because
there is an option to go learn spanish next week in
Pisca, the Sacred Valley, which is supposed to be
beautiful and all the new friends I made here were
going to go. There are ruins and things to see
thereand it will be much quieter then Cuzco, however,
i don´t think i´ll get much spanish learning done
beause i won´t be with a host family and my friends
and i will prolly speak english more often then not.
so it was un decision de ser social or estudiante
bueno.
Yesterday, Sam, a dutch guy, decided that he
to was going to stay in Cuzco, so I decided to stay as
well. I´m gonna miss the folks, but there are others
here which are also fun and there´ll be a new batch of
students too. If i were staying 3 weeks, i´d have no
problem and I would go, but ah well. We are slaves to
time.
Anyway, we´re going to take a day tour down
there on Sunday anyway.
I haven´t had any problems physically with the climate
which is good., my apetite is still not that big, but
that might be a good thing. no diahhrea or vomiting
or anything like that and the shower is supposed to be
fixed today so no more freezing cold showers. The
taxis here are really cheap, dos o tres soles ir a
Plaza de Armas de la casa, which is like a dollar for
a 10 minute drive. The buses are 50 centimos, but I
had a bad experience the other day. I decided I´d try
the bus for the first time by myself and I thought I´d
reognize something and know where to get off but I
didn´t and ended up taking the bus all the way through
the residential neighborhoods to the last stop at the
bus station, had to wait for another bus and pay again
to take it back into the city. I missed my class of
course since I spent an hour and a half on the bus.
ugh. so I´m just gonna take the taxis, point a to
point b, easy.
the bus operators are crazy, there´s a
driver and a loader. the loader hangs outsie the door
asking people if they want to get on, telling them to
hurry and also jumping out every once and a while to
punch a time card on the street. the bus only stops
to pick people up, even then it´s more of a slow roll.
it´s like a little adventure everyday.
Last night, we went to a bar called Indigo where they
played lots of American music, we drank and talked
till a little after midnight then had to wake up at 7
to go to class. it was fun though. They have a drink
called Pisco sour that´s made from egg whites, lemons,
cinnamon, and fermented grapes (but not wine). It
tastes almost like a whiskey sour and is the oficial
drink of Peru. It´s white with the cinnamon on top
and muy rico! their local beer, Cuzquena, is also
really good, there´s a blonde and a malt, i of course
like the malt and theink it´s better then een
guinness. at this point, i´d have to say in order of
beer likage: Ziggenback Amber on top, then Cuzquena
Malata, and Guinness. I apologize to my heritage.
My host family actually works at a travel agency and
are going to get me some cheap prices on Amazon tours,
so Dianne, don´t book that trip! I want to see what
they have.
Right now, it´s six hours of class a day, 4 hours in a
group in the morning and 2 hours private in the
afternoon which is a lot of classes, almost too much.
I´d like to spend more time hanging out with people,
but I did get to go over to a friend´s place and make
dinner and watch a movie, which was fun. I also met
this guy, Diego, who I swear looks like the Peruvian
Johnny Knoxville, mannerisms and everything. It was
hilarious.
Es todos para ahora.
Ciao!