(A/N: Sorry for all the bouncing around with entries lately, I'm now picking up where I left off in my last few weeks in Lima...in real time, I head to the US in a week! Can't believe it, but I hope to crank out a ton of entries when I get home, thanks for being patient!)
Sunday May 17, 2009 11:51 PM
Lindsey’s house (fellow Multisa)
Monday
We celebrated Kara’s 21st birthday at her house with a big dinner of papas a la huacaina (potatoes with this yummy yellow, slightly spicy sauce) and escabiche (cold chicken with onions, peppers, etc). Then a big group of us went out to Barranco to dance the night away with the birthday girl!
Thursday
After classes (including our final exam for Spanish), we had two special classes set up through ISA. The first was to learn how to play the cajon, which is a rectangular box with a hole in one side. Originally used by African slaves to carry goods, they began to use empty ones as drums and created a whole new instrument. I’ve got a cool video of the whole routine we learned, check it out at the bottom of the post! Our second class was a traditional Peruvian dance. It was sort of like a double-time waltz, with lots of quick foot movements, but a lot of fun.
Later, we went to Barranco again for drinks and live music in a former 1920’s train car-turned-restaurant. It was so elegant with all its original decoration, including intricate stained glass windows and a huge silver cash register. Then it was another night of dancing! I love the discotecas in Peru – there is such an awesome mix of salsa, cumbia, American pop, hip hop & rock, and techno.
Friday
Another Intercambio, this time at a Karaoke bar! We had our own private room so we stayed there for hours and turned it into a dance party (of course). It was a blast singing to popular songs in English and Spanish with our fellow Peruvian friends.
Sunday
I went to support several of my friends getting tattoos to remember this trip (don’t worry Mom and Dad, I’m not coming home with a surprise…) and then walked around craft fairs in Miraflores with Jaime and Kara.
You can fill in all the blanks from this week with a LOT of paper writing, but that’s just not as interesting to talk about. We are heading into our final week (tear!) so I’ve been focused on getting all my work done in time. We’ve also been watching several movies in art class that depict different aspects of Peruvian life, and they are quite shocking with some of the themes they discuss, such as incestual father-daughter relations and poverty in Lima. If you ever have the chance to pick up Madeinusa, you should definitely watch it.
One more week with the Multisas, stay tuned! Coli
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