Day 10

Blog July 2nd

Monday, July 2nd, the day we get to see the world's best soccer player (Messi, obviously) competing against Neymar, who some consider to be perfect (obviously not), live in the Lima Stadium. The title of the game proves my point: "Messi and his friends against the rest of the world". In order to get to the game on time, we left the Hogar at 4h30 in the afternoon with Aleo and Señor Mario. We got there around 6h and were instantaneously bombarded by the people selling junk food/jerseys, who saw a big opportunity in our gringo-ness. Each one of us bought a jersey: the boys bought Neymar's Brazil shirt and we girls got Messi's. We got into the stadium safely but we completely lost Señor Mario, who did not answer any of our phone calls or text messages. Since we had Aleo to guide and protect us, we assumed that Señor Mario just abandoned us and we hence abandoned him. Unfortunately, our plan to get supper before the game did not work for an unknown reason, so we filled ourselves up with expensive junk food during the two hours before the game, which started at 9h15. We are very lucky to have our dynamic and chemistry because we had so much fun together that we did not even feel the time going by! The game was exciting, especially since we were not all rooting for the same team. However, in the second half of the game, we got distracted (and TRAUMATIZED) by the little boy who peed in OUR popcorn container. OMG I WANTED TO HIT HIM, but I'm not like that so I didn't. We were able to take a picture (of the container) but it would be too nasty to put it on the blog, so let us know if you want to see it. After the game, which finished 8-5 for Messi's team, we went to eat in a St-Hubert style restaurant. We left the restaurant at 12h30 and got to the Hogar at 2h30, only to encounter the two huge Dobermans "protecting us." Those dogs scare the s**t out of us - the only way to control them is to push them with a broom, do you even imagine?! Needless to say, we slept like babies.

-Karol