Corpus Christi

Kelle and Julie at corpus christi

Night soccer at the court

Last night we went to a court were the school has rented the soccer field. I watched with my host sister as a bunch of students from our school played.

At this court there is a giant slide that is 80 feet off the ground with a spiral staircase going up, Kell and I went up the stairs and slid down twice! It was crazy because I thought I was going to die from falling off it. We raced (there were two slide ports). It was awesome.

Today was CRAZY. First we had class in the morning which was another headache. We have an exam tomorrow and there is so much information that we are covering. Its going to be crazy. I hope I do well. I am not too fond of our teacher.

After class we went home and had dinner. It was our host brother´s birthday AND corpus christi on the same day. We had an awesome lunch and then braved the crowded streets at the Plaza de Armas. They parade the saints around and people watch the whole procession. There are 14 saints total. It was SOOOO crowded! I got my butt grabbed by two stupid chicos as they passed and there was nothing I could do about it because I was trapped in a moving crowd. It was so interesting to see the food on the streets, the people watching the saints, and all the weird crap they try to sell people, like eyelash curlers..who is going to buy an eyelash curler off the street during corpus christi?

Kelle and I came back home after getting lost for a while...the problem was solved when we took a cab, cabs by the way only cost around 70 cents to go anywhere in the city (2 soles). We came home and had a birthday celebration for Cesar, he turned 15. All of his friends were over and playing video games, typical boys. We had cake and a sangria thing that is like jello. All the food here is SOoo good and good for you. It has soo much flavor without all the fat and greese and salt and sugar. I dont know how they do it. We gave Cesar a sports jacket for the peru football team. The whole family was over. It was crazy. We sang happy birthday in English and Spanish. And then our mami tried to push his face in the cake.

I ´ve only been here five days but it feels like five weeks. I love it here.

Yram