Another week is almost over and even though the days were filled with classes and homework, I've been very busy eating :)
Monday was my roommate Poala's last day here so we all decided to go out and have a nice dinner at Incanto, an upscale restuarant in the Plaza. I had a wonderful salad with pears marinated in Pisco (a famous Peruvian liquor, that's quite strong) and goat cheese, for a main course I had a small pizza with shrimp and arugula = delicious! This restuarant also has very good chicha morada (a sweet, purple corn juice), which I'm slightly addicted to since I just about drank a pitcher of it.
The next day, I had art class in the morning and we went to the ceramic studio again and worked on our pots. Then for Spanish class we went to the San Pedro market. I had been here before but I'm not a huge fan of the markets here in Perú just because their dirty and smelly. It's a good experience but I didn't buy anything, except for freshly made popcorn that was like a kettle corn with a sweet, pink coating. For homework we had to write 180 words talking about our experience at the market.
Yesterday, I had a normal day of classes up until Spanish. The girls from NY were going to the Zoo with a woman named Tatiana (who works at the University) and our teacher said we could all go. So we piled into a USIL van and took off towards the Sacred Valley, where the "zoo" is located. I wouldn't really call it a zoo since they didn't have many animals but it was more like a sanctuary because all the animals had been rescued. We saw domesticated animals like llamas, ducks, macaws and dogs as well as the largest bird in the world, the condor and because they're only scavengers (a larger version of the turkey vulture) we were able to go inside their enclosure. But by far the coolest thing there were the pumas or mountain lions, these were worshiped by the Incas but because of that many tourists want to see them and in Lima there's a huge problem of people drugging them and bringing them to nightclubs. They de-claw them and drug them so that tourists can pet and take pictures. The two that I saw were saved from that life but because they are de-clawed and have been drugged for much of their lives it would be impossible to return them to the wild. In another cage was a 9 month old Peruvian bobcat that was so adorable, even though he/she could rip my face off. It was really cool and I'm very glad I went, even though we had to write another 180 words on that for homework.
Today classes were boring but for lunch Ethan and I stopped at this cafe on Av. Sol, close to the house, where we both got empanadas. They were delicious! I had one with spicy pepper, rocoto and meat and the crust was perfectly flaky and tasty and the stuffing was super yummy. Tomorrow Cristian is leaving so some of us are going out and having a goodbye dinner for him.
But TGI almost F because this weekend we are all going to Machu Picchu. Number 1 thing on my bucket list will be crossed off!! We are leaving Saturday, taking the train to Aguas Calientes, spending the night and then having a private tour Sunday. So excited!!
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