May 21st, 2014

May 21^st, 2014

Buenos dias Perú,

It is my third day of class and once again Elan and I are walking to school with some of the girls because he and I have yet to find a place where we can buy cheap bike instead of taking the 45min walk to school every morning. Anyways, today we will be going into the center of Lima after school. Not only do Elan and I have a chance to finally get our bikes, but we also are going to get out of school early. After arriving at school, I decided to try to Coca Tea for the first time; surprisingly it didn’t turn out to what people made it seem it would. Furthermore, after grammar class with Laura and then culture with Gustavo, we were allowed out of school an hour early. Ironically enough, Guvtavo my culture teacher had no idea we were getting out of school early and didn’t believe any of us at first.

Finally we were off to Lima!

Once arrived in Lima, the first of three museums we went too was the Congress building. Before we went to Congress, a few of the boys and I went to get some drinks and some local food at a place near by to kill some time. Once we were done; now waiting in line, we had to show our passports to go in, and of course Elan forgot his. The walk into Congress was a lot easier than I expected. I couldn’t believe how they didn’t search anyone and they just let us all in without any inspection. The inside was pretty interesting. We were on Lima’s news channel for a little while because of the interview that was happening while we were in the lobby. Of course you know that Elan and I moved closer and closer to the camera until we saw ourselves on the live tv feed. Overall, the Museum of Congress was pretty cool.

Next, was the Museum of the inquisition. In this museum, we got to learn about the rituals that were performed by the church that used to be there. Back then, the church would accuse people of acts they didn’t commit and would punish those and any who were against them. In the church, they also would hold people who broke the law in the cells we got to see in the basement. The best part about this museum was that Nathan and I put Elan into on of the ancient jail cells.

Lastly, we were off to the museum of ‘Sitio Bodega y Cuadra’. This museum was described as one of the relatively newest ones. This is do to the fact that recently the property next to the museum was under construction when the workers found what looked to them like I city. In this museum we got to see ruins and also learned that the archeologists of the museum are currently still working on the newly discovered land. It is sais that many believe there is a city underneath this new found one.