Day 14 + 15

Blog July 6th-7th

Saturday was a very odd day. Hermano Aleo brought us to Chosica to finally eat REAL ceviche. It was delicious!! 

Ceviche!

In Chosica

We shopped in Chosica for a little and afterwards we rode the bus to Santa Clara to watch a movie... it finally worked out this time (after waiting 1 hour for the tickets...yes it’s that popular. While we were waiting, Charles took the opportunity to get a haircut and Stefanie got a manicure for 15 soles! However, we unfortunately chose a terrible movie... World War Z. Sophie had her hands clenched around Laura’s arm the whole time, dug her fingers in every time something popped out (which was every 5 minutes) and nearly had 5 heart attacks. Meanwhile, Hermano Aleo managed to fall asleep (yes, it was that good) and jumped awake when any of the zombies popped out (oh yeah, it was also in 3D... what a great idea... as if we needed to see the zombies closer). 

3D!

Once the movie was over (finally) we headed to Rustica... AGAIN. We were all ready to karaoke and dance again but when we finished our meal the power went out in the whole restaurant. We waited 40 minutes for the electricity to come back. One song later, the electricity went out AGAIN! Just our luck. So we waited for our bill (which took 40 minutes to bring) and left the bar, sad we didn't get to dance (especially Aleo). We took a nice long bus ride home where almost everyone fell asleep! 

Sunday was more relaxed, but we got a lot done. Charles (the handyman) woke up earlier than us to wash the terrace floor since it was very dirty. While doing so we ate breakfast in the bright sun. We then went for some exercise. We started playing some volleyball and the student volunteers who were coming from Lima to keep the patients company joined us and we played one big game of volleyball. Team Canada vs team Lima (team Canada obviously won)! 

In the afternoon, Robin and his Peruvian friend (Edith) took us shopping in Lima. We started off going through the book market (they had EVERY type of book) including medicine books for Stefy. We then headed off to the center of Lima to the artisans. We bought plenty of nice stuff for ourselves and as souvenirs. While walking we stopped to watch 2 great spray paint artists who made paintings in 10 minutes with only spray paint. They were very talented! We were finally able to buy our first class night bus tickets (yes, we are classy like that) and we ended the evening with some nice hot beverages (hot chocolate and tea)! 

- Laura

The book market

All together!