The First Days

Hola. Back again :) My host brother Gabriel and I do pretty much everything together. Two days ago, we went walking around Piura and visited all the famous places, the main Plaza, the Cathedral, etc.

After walking for hours we went to the local fast food restaurant Bembos, and ate a hamburger.  The hamburgers in Peru are in a whole different class of foods then the ones in America, there prepared in a totally different way and all of them have mass quantities of mayo on them.   Despues, we returned home for the siesta of the day, that night we had a wonderful dinner and watched a horror movie with the family.  Slowly the entire family left because they were frightened and only Gabo and I were left to watch it.  I will go down in the records to say that "The Collector" is one of the worst movies I have ever seen in my life, but I was watching it in Peru so that made it good.  The next day, Gabo and I went to the market, unfortunately I was unable to take pictures of it because its very dangerous to have anything of value in the market.  If you wanna picture it think of the souks in Morocco (family :) ) everywhere I turned there were vegetables, fruits, chickens, and many completely unrecognizable substances.   We bought a chicken and I looked away as the cute little fella was decimated on a table.  We ended up only getting half of the things we were sent there for, because we ended up being lost in the market for a better part of the hour.  Then we returned home, and wen to Alberto's school to pick him up.  I love Alberto, but I always feel bad because he wants to talk to me alot and I never understand a word of what he says.  I find myself saying, "No me entiendo Albert, " but I'm sure he understands.  after the daily siesta, I went with Gabo to his French class, it was in a building called L'alliance Francaise.  There I helped his class with pronunciation of French words, and helped them prepare for an oral exam.  Despues de la clase, Gabo, Cattia (one of his friends), and I went to a bar.  After two pitchers of beer Cattia went home and Gabo and I went to another bar.  Here we had another pitcher of beer and two bottles of dark Cusquena.  Soon Gabo and I were singing and dancing to the music, I am thoroughly in love with latin music.  Overall we had a wonderful night, and quietly snuck in to the house at 2am feeling mischievous.    I am having a wonderful wonderful time and love my family sooooo much.  Writing from Piura, will update soon. Ciaooo, see you all soon.         Pour ma famille : Gros bis a tous. :)