FÚTBOL

Today was filled with sports! Sports! Instead of giving a lesson at FAP, we joined the students for their P.E. class. P.E. is very different here compared to the states. We started with a 400m jog/sprint and proceeded to stretch. We circled up and followed the P.E. instructor in some deep breathing, lunging, and scissor kicking. Although the activities were widely different, it seems that P.E. instructors are pretty universal. I'm talking about you, Daniel Miller! Some of our activities included: jumping over horizontal bodies, zig zagging between squatting students, and crawling through small children's legs! they may seem silly but I was honestly feeling pretty winded afterward.

After P.E. we went to our history class. We learned about Perú's independence, the guano era, and some of the political/economic problems the country faced during the 1880s and 1890s. What is the guano era you may ask? The guano era was a time of economic prosperity and political reform between 1841-1870. Essentially, the peruvian government began to collect bird/bat/penguin poop from offshore islands to make and sell agricultural fertilizers. Unfortunately for Perú, the Spanish gained control over some of their biggest guano producing islands during the 1860s, which greatly slowed the country's production. The Chilean war did not help the situation. The period that followed took a toll on Perú's economy, which was already in serious debt.

Finishing up our history class, we took the fields again to play a game of fútbol: Americans vs. Peruvians! Us ladies went first. For those of you who don't already know, the last time I played soccer, I broke my wrist. Feeling a little bit of PTSD, I tried to stay as far away from our goal as possible to avoid being hit by any possible shots. My strategy must have been a good one because I actually ended up scoring one of our goals! Incredible! My goal wasn't enough to bring home the W...we lost by one. At least we did better than the guys who I think took a four point loss. Womp.

"Who runs the world? GIRLS."
          -Beyoncé