May 20th, 2014

May 20th, 2014
It's Tuesday morning and I've just gotten back from my first official run through Miraflores. After running straight from my house to the 'Alcomar' I decided I was going to make this first run a great one. Those stairs! I keep feeling that burn over and over in my legs from running down those few hundred stairs to the beach and then back up them. Anyways, finally I'm at school and we're working on another day of grammar and culture.

Notice the irony in the photo. Also note, no Inca Kola in the US.

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After drinking my Inca Kola and finally understanding how to use 'para que' in the subjunctive form, it was time for the culture class to start. Every class starts with us practicing our speaking skills first with the great Professor Gustavo. Gustavo is an amazing guy. He's so nice, he's very understanding, so helpful, and extremely intelligent. Learning Spanish with him has been nothing but great and almost a blessing in all honesty. After the speaking portion of the class we start the culture part where we get to learn about the historic cultures from Peru. Today we learned about Caracas, Chavin, and Chincas. The most amazing people to me are the Caracas. Where they for class and status, the people bind their heads with rope and pads to make there skulls almost pointy. It's amazing.

Caracas Skull

After school some of the boys and I went to our spot right next to the school where I got to try the famous Ceviche from Peru. It wasn't what I expected but I did enjoy it. A little tangy thought if you ask me. 

Now we were on our way to Kennedy Park where we would be taking the bus to the 'Pueblo Libre'. Here, we visited the Museum of Archaeology, Anthropology, and History. In this museum we got to see all different types of art from different cultures of Lima. One of the things that fascinated me the most about this museum, was the number of sculptures of different looking heads that were almost man-like but resembled animals as well. Overall, it was a quite interesting tour.