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So first week of classes have been a bbbbear. Classes shall be a treat for the next 4 months considering I only have two literature classes and one history class (only one of which we originally wanted). I foresee many late nights writing papers (in Spanish) and reading copious amounts of articles (in Spanish). Let the fun begin.
The following part is dedicated to the lovely Jenni Li and my father who both enjoy cooking and are really good at it. So what do we eat here.....well, lots of rice and chicken. For breakfast it's bread and coffee which is totally fine by me because I love bread. Still, I don't believe I have consumed so many carbs in my life. I really haven't found anything I dislike yet. Oh wait...yeah I have. At school I picked out what looked like a peanut butter and jelly sandwich in one of the cafeterias. Funny story, it was NOT a PB&J. What appeared to be jelly was actually purple olives and what appeared to be peanut butter was actually cheese and butter....and shredded chicken...and dear lord I'm not sure what else. Needless to say, most disgusting sandwich ever.
Even when it is super hot and humid we eat soup. La senora says it's supposed to raise your spirits, I just think it raises my temperature...to slightly cooler than boiling. Yup, still as humid as can be. The best soups so far have been spinach soup and a couple nights ago we had soup with rice, beans, chicken and on the side the best of all things: Aji. Basically, it is a spicy salsa and it just about made my night. We've found that it is quite hard to find anything spicy around here and I would be content if they could serve it with every meal. Weirdest thing so far was what I can only describe as cornmeal with spaghetti sauce on it followed by fruit with some weird kind of honey in a dark sauce. No, I have not tried the cuy (guinea pig) yet because it's sort of considered a delicacy but I have tried alpaca which isn't bad. I wish I could take pictures of all the food because each night is something different and I can't for the life of me remember all the names of the dishes. Perhaps I'll need to write them down after we're done eating and I'll try to sneak a picture when the fam isn't looking.
Tonight we shall proceed to Miraflores where there is a Thai festival and then tomorrow after class we're heading to the beach. Rough life, I know. Then at night, Bierhaus in Miraflores with some other extranjeros. OH, and Reto (Swiss guy I met in Cuzco) is now in Lima after traveling to various other parts of Peru so we're going to meet up in Lima central for lunch. He just speaks Spanish, English, and Swiss German. Not like I find that extremely attractive or anything...
And so my weekend starts....
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Mmm food. We'll have to try to recreate some dishes when you get back :)
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