Same thing... but this morning I leave LIMA for Cusco. I’m so excited to see Cusco but sad to leave my friends and my babies. I was starting to feel a little local because of how much I knew the city. Friday, yesterday, was a great last day. Went to work and gave some gifts and said bye. Then came home to give flowers and say bye to my Cecilia’s. Then went to the reserve water show, super cool. Then went out for some dancing and pisco in Barranco.
- Nico got me a little stuffed animal pig, so sweet. Named her Chan-cheeta
- Met a new girl at the home, I call her my danna-banana and I taught her how to snap and hair flip, I’m so proud. She’s super smart tho for her age and speaks a little English
- Fatima another girl, she always wants to pinch my tattoos off. She will just sit there in confusion to why they won’t come off. She was picking at one for awhile and then I lifted my sleeve more and she saw another one, she threw her hands up in the air and did a big sigh and feel backwards hahahahhaha
- The bus that picks us up after work is either 9 or 18 and one day after work we wait for all the volunteers to be done half a block away from our stop and this one day, the bus waited for us. Like five minutes beeping and waving at us to come in hahahhaha
- We kinda figured out the placements for the volunteers like why some people get homestays and others get the crowded volunteer house. It’s age. All us older people get put in homestays or families.
- Went to an art museum in barranco, super cool exhibition !!! Called MATE. Had a Pisco Sour and lucuma macaroon.
- Tsunami and earthquakes here
- Been kinda eating vegan. Sydney, she’s vegan and now when our host mom makes food she gives me the same meal.
- Lunch is the biggest meal here and usually what we have for lunch at our homestay is dinner as well. She always gives us a sweet dessert tho.
- People come in the bus to sell candy all the time or to entertain for money.
- Kendall, our trouble maker, bit me on the thigh. I have two little front teeth marks now. Thanks Kendall. So sweet.
- Taught an art lesson to the girls in a shelter for abused girls. Sock puppets. Fun.
- Cecilia made us tofu the last two days, yummmmm.
- Went to Inca market again for gifts
- Got a picture with the VAMOS PERU sign, a political campaign I’m guessing.
- I got addicted to this song at the home they play for kids, and I got some of my roommates addicted to. It goes... mariposita, esta en la cocina, haciendo chocolate, para la madrina, poti poti, pata de palo, ojo something something, something guacamayo. Yo yo.
- On the 4th of July they had a little party and potluck at the volunteer house, met people around the world.
- Learned how to say hi in Russian, pree-vee-it
- Us foreigners really attract attention. All us white skinned. Gringa locas.
- There are no squirrels here at all. Oxana did see one but just one.
- The last day with my kids they threw a party and got traditional clothes and dancing and foods and drinks. It was so cute. Got to hold my Liam once more too. I’m going to miss my kids soooooooo much. But I’ll meet more in Cusco.
- I got flowers for both Cecilias’ because obviously my host mom did so much and the other one did things she and her family didn’t have to do. Like drive me places and cook me food and give advice and go explore. So sweet. I’ll miss both families so much.
- Soooo manyyyy speed bumps y’all
- Picarones are a type of Peruvian donut so good
- They also have cow heart anti-cu-cho ew
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