note to self: buy pink grapefruit soap from bath and body upon return

Well it appears I'm a slacker when it comes to updating this blog. It's just so much more fun to be out there living life in Peru than journaling about it after. I am currently sitting in a classroom watching my 4 students squirm a little as they take their first unit exam. I personally think it's pretty easy so I hope they do well (I did make it so I might be biased.) I'm really enjoying teaching. I teach a conversation class from 4:15 to 5:15 every day and a grammar class (Intermediate 3) from 5:45 to 7:10 every evening. I spend a big chunck of every morning and afternoon preparing for these classes. My students are mostly university students or recent graduates. One girl in my grammar class is still in high school. The test they are taking right now is mostly testing their use of "have to" to show obligation and "should/must" to give advice. In my conversation class today we talked about AIDS in Africa, whether its better to live in the mountains of Peru or on the coast, and then did some role playing for various situations. We also talked about cowboys in Texas. I told them I might invite Matt or Chase to come to our class since they're Texans and a rather amusing pair.

So last week I went to Huaraz, a bustling little town nestled in the Andes. We took a nine-hour bus ride during the night on a double-decker bus to get there. The bus was pretty comfortable. Even though I took lots of meds I still felt pretty sick when we arrived- though I never threw up the whole weekend even though we were winding here and there on these tiny, cliff-side roads. Eleven of us went together: 2 of the "old interns" and 9 of the new ones. It was a good group bonding experience in addition to the fact that I don't think I've ever in my entire life seen such beautiful, breathtaking scenery.

This was the view from my window at the hostel. Okay now the test is finished and my students invited me to go out to a bar with them so... I'll finish this later! Stay tuned.