PRESENTATIONS

My classes seem to be getting more creative each day at El Sol. Today for example, we made clay replicas of tumis. A tumi was used by the ancient civilization, Chimu, during sacred rituals and sacrifices. My partner Ralzaly and I, spent at least thirty minutes making our tumi...and then class was over..!

Per usual, we then went to UNIFÉ as part of our cultural exchange. We broke off into small groups to talk about the theme of the day: dating. As a group of ten or so single women, we quickly decided to change the topic. Instead, we asked the girls about the night life in Lima. Apparently, our program has been taking us to all the "old people" bars. This makes sense when I look back on the places we have gone. The girls told us to go to: The Help, Muaw, and Bizarro. They all sound like they could be part of an SNL skit.

After chatting with the students and learning about the Republic of Perú, it was time for us to give our own history lesson. One by one, we presented various aspects of Peruvian history and culture based off our findings from the program's assigned readings. As we presented in Spanish, translation students translated our words to English. I didn't actually present today, I'll be in the last group to go.

You know what they say, save the best for last!!!

((Also PPK won the presidential election))