BREAKING NEWS:
I’m still in Lima.
Other important news headlines:
1. Spain won the world cup. To this I feel completely indifferent, yet try to care only for the sake of being part of people’s conversations when they talk about it (85% of the time). I don’t think I do a very good job though.
2. My siblings hijacked my father’s computer to create a Skype account, and I was finally able to talk to my family (my blood-related one, not the Peruvian one).
3. Everybody here says Ciao to say goodbye, but I learned that I have been spelling it incorrectly, for people here indeed spell it Chau. I’m hoping Ciao is not a bad word because I have written it to a lot of people.
4. I have been to the gelatería three times this week. According to my mom peruana, it's the best in Lima (not sure if I trust her on that one yet). Flavors I’ve tasted: mint chocolate chip, coconut, caramel oreo, cappuccino con crema, and another that was really good but I don’t recall the name.
5. At the market, I bought a pretty bag with peacocks on it.
6. Here they always serve you bananas with jam for breakfast. If you’re lucky they serve it to you for dessert too. Mmmm, nice and slimy.
7. I still can’t really understand what people are saying to me.
8. When I order drinks here, people don’t card me (not that I’ve ever gotten carded in the US, because I’ve never tried to buy a drink there).***
9. I kind of miss being able to put toilet paper in the toilet.
10. Every time I walk into the bathroom I crash into the same shelf.
11. Yesterday we got lost trying to leave the supermarket (we somehow got stuck in the parking garage, and a worker stuck us in the maintenence elevator to find our way out).
12. I finally mastered the art of flushing the toilet properly (Luckily I haven;t had to get close to my family in the same way that Mommy did with Walter when we were living on his boat).
This past week, I finally got the chance to experience the mysterious “discoteca” which I had heard rumors of for so long. I thought it would be a magical place, but it turns out, a discoteca is basically just a club. However, they are extremely hoppin'! Here in Peru, people party from 11:00 at night until at least 4:00 in the morning (when it was 3:00 AM and we were ready to leave, our Peruvian friends were distressed at how early it was). On Thursday night we jammed out to a reggae concert, and the Friday night we went to a place called Tayta, and danced our butts off once again. Unfortunately I think mine must have grown back, because when I woke up it the next morning it remained intact.
Embarrassing miscommunication report:
I asked my mom peruana if churros were popular here (you know, the doughnut things), but apparently the word churro also means a hot guy.
***Note to my parents: Comment not in any way implying that I order many drinks here.
3. ezleepeen?
ReplyDelete4. next on your list should be pulpa y camaron. I'm not recommending it for the flavor, just for the aquisition of an unforgettable experience
5. do the peacocks try to run away when you use the bag?
9. hopefully you won't have to do any stirring.
12. i bet your dad peruano would have a good expression for that sidguation.
Embarrassing miscommunication report:
well, are they?