Day 4/5

Okay guys don't freak out if you don't hear from me for a day or two, it's really hard to find time to get on and update and the internet doesn't work on my phone. Also, next week we start our excursions so I wont update on the weekends when I'm out of Lima. I'll be getting an Peru phone tomorrow with an international calling card so I can call more people and not charge my Verizon account.

For everyone who reads this I know about the Dutch guy who is being sought for murdering a Peruvian girl. He fled the country and they have caught him in Chile. Don't worry our host parents don't let us go anywhere by ourselves especially at night and I'm not trying to drawn attention to myself.

Ok so now that I've said that onto the past two days. Yesterday was an intense day, we had class all day and as soon as my class was done at 2 we walked to the ISA office, which is about 10 minutes away for two tour. My 2nd class yesterday was crazy, we have two professors for that class and they switch off days and the Monday and Wednesday professor is really fast. I'm not looking forward to class Monday with her, hopefully it gets better. After ISA and local Peruvian students took the ISA students on the bus that runs to the coast. It was crazy! The Peruvians might be the best defensive drives ever. The Peruvian students are suppose to speak to us in Spanish and after class I was really over trying to speak Spanish. The coastal district is called Miraflores, it's very pretty and is the tourist area so everything is really expensive but it's so pretty. From the coast my group of 4 ISA students and 3 Peruvian students walked into the city where the next part of our activity was. We went on a night tour bus through the city. It started in Parque Kennedy (Kennedy Park) and went all the way to the historical part of Lima. I'll try and post all my pictures to facebook but it will take a while, I might do it as a weekly thing on Sundays.
This is the coast of Lima! We were at the Larcomar shopping center, which is built on the cliffs.

Today was a great day! The sun actually came out! If you know anything about Lima it has a bunch of pollution because of the mountains surrounding the city, it was nice to see the sun! Class went really well, I think I'm slowly getting the language back; it will still be hard to respond quickly though. My professors today are awesome, they are really cool. My grammar professor, Carmen, is so cute! She's really funny and likes to bring us out of the school where the language program is and show us stuff, today we went to the top of the building because it was so pretty. My second professor is Aldofo (I think that's how he spells it) he's really nice and understanding that we can't speak the language quickly. He told us he's taught this class a lot and there's always a diverse skill range from the students. At the end of class we talked about how different levels like intermediate and advance don't necessarily transfer from country to country well. Most students who are considered intermediate in the States should probably be considered beginner outside the States but since most students have taken beginner classes in the States they need higher level classes so the credit can to transfer to school.

Tomorrow I will have a phone and if you want me to call you send me an email (my email is on the sidebar). If you want to call me you're going to have to get an international calling card. Saturday we have another tour, it's a walking tour of historical Lima and Saturday afternoon or Sunday a few ISA students are going shopping maybe at Plaza de San Miguel.