Take a bow and say goodbye

Well it’s been a while since I posted. Nothing too exciting has happened. Today is the last day of July classes- I really can’t believe that it’s the end of July already. The lack of warm weather has left me wondering “when is summer going to start?” The weather has been a bit warmer than it was in June though, so I am thankful for that.

I taught Basic 9 and Intermediate 4 this month. I went out to eat with my Basic 9 class on Monday night and we’re going out again for Chifa tonight after the exam. Chifa is the wonderful blend of Peruvian and Chinese food. The best part about Chifa is the names of the restaurants. They’re all over town. The one I walk by to go to SALI is called “Heng Lung”. Becca and I ate at Fuk Hou on Sunday night.

Tomorrow night we’re leaving for Cuzco. We’ll take the fancy night bus (the seats fold down completely flat!) to Lima and then take a flight Friday morning to Cuzco. We’ll stay at a few different hostels and see Machu Picchu on Sunday morning (taking the 5:30 am train to get to it). The 28th of July is Peru’s independence day and they get pretty into it, so hopefully that won’t hinder our travels too much. We’ll spend 2 days in Cuzco and head back to Lima on Tuesday, July 31st. Becca and I will hang out there for 2 days until her flight leaves for the US and I’ll take a bus back to Trujillo for another month of teaching. All in all it should be really good. Everyone I’ve talked to says that Machu Picchu is just breathtaking. We’re going to try to climb the mountain there too. Hopefully I’ll manage to hang onto my camera and take a lot of pictures.

Most of the summer crew is leaving over the course of the next week. Chase and I will be the only summer people staying through August. I have mixed feelings about the whole thing right now, probably just because I’m so sad to see them all go. Maybe I’m a little jealous that they all get to reunite with their families and friends back home so soon. I still have so much reading I wanted to do this summer. Maybe someday I’ll finish Anna Karenina. I expected to have so much down time but the opposite has been true!

Okay more to come later...