Hola Todos!
Hip hip hooray for my first blog ever! So I am only on day 3 of my adventure (technically day 4 if you count traveling day), but I just had to blog a little bit because I have so many cool things that have already happened to me!!
First and foremost I am going to explain the title. Basically Samuel told me in Peru there are no rules ever. Everything is a free for all, people don't care about anything, and you do what you want to do! During my short amount of time here, I have already found this to be amazingly true! Truly, anything goes. "Go with the flo" takes on a whole new meaning when you come to Peru!
So let's start from the beginning. I was kinda-sorta worried about a 7 hour plane ride because holy cow 3 hour plane rides are long enough. But on the plane I got to watch my own personal movies right in front of me! So cool! I watched the Giver, that one movie about three girls all have the same guy and then they team up on him and make his life miserable, and claro que si I had to end with Frozen, claro.
The first day I was here was a whirlwind of emotions as I realized that I would not be home for 4 months. I was hoping that my family would distract me by showing me around Lima, but unfortunately my mother just had surgery so needs to rest a lot and my brother and sister were gone at the beach. So, being my usual self I had to find some fun because there was no way I was going to sit inside all day! I can barely watch a whole movie let alone spend the whole day in the same room. So, Jaime McCann and her rockstar host brother, Samuel, took me to a fair with them and some of Samuel's friends. After we went and got Pedro's Chicken in Larcomar which is a nicer version of a Village Pointe and we ate chicken and chicha (a purple drink made out of corn but it tastes like...actually I don't think it tastes like anything I have tasted before, it simply tastes like chicha). We also didn't go to dinner until like 11pm! It is amazing how different the time is here (not actual time, I am only one hour ahead of Nebraska), but time in the sense that they don't eat lunch until 2 or 3 and then they (if they eat dinner which is SUPER rare in my family, hence why they are all so skinny) they eat it at like 11 or 12am? But, I am a night owl so I could get used to this stay up late, start the day late lifestyle! All in all, I am forever grateful that Samuel and Jaime took me in and showed me a good time for my first night in Lima!
My second day in Lima was close to the greatest day of my life. I GOT TO GO TO A ROOFTOP POOL PARTY! Is this real life???? Drinking pisco and coke and laying around in the pool all day, then getting fed yummy ceviche and cara pulcura is perfecta! The host mom of Jamie is absolutely amazing! Their family has a harder time saying Mallory, as do 99% of Spanish speaking people, so I told them they can call me Marisol, and I like that :)
My third day in Lima I had orientation to learn all about my school and my classes! Boy oh boy is my school nice! It is totally gated and they have security guards to check you in, so I feel super safe which always makes mamaseta happy! The school is beautiful, my teachers so far are wonderful, and they have Starbucks! What more can I ask for right? Also, today I tried my very first Chifa! When a Peruvian meets and American and you ask them "What do I need to do while I am here in Peru?" Many times they will say, "You must try Chifa. There are 3 places in the world with the best Chinese food, Chine, Hong Kong, and Lima, Peru. Seriously though it is on point. So yummy!
At the end of all of my posts I am going to make a list of things that I find interesting about Peru that we do not do/have in Nebraska, or just random thoughts that I want to remember when I reread these when I am old and all krinkley and can't travel the world like I am now:
*They eat a little breakfast, huge lunch, and almost no dinner
*It seems like everyone here knows at least a little English, they learn it so early while their brains are still developing so they get a grasp for it at an early age
*People who are bad at English talk 90% in Spanish to me and then randomly throw in English words if they know one...I explain to them that I know Spanish, so it is easier for me to understand them if they just speak Spanish haha!
*A night of partying goes like this: 10pm start to pregame (they call it previewing), 1am go to the discotecas, 6am return home. INSANITY IS WHAT IT IS! I haven't experience it yet but I am going to this weekend when my family takes me to the beach and my brother and sister are taking me to an electronic party whatever that means! :)
*Air conditioning. Not a thing. Waste of money apparently? But, sometimes in random rooms throughout the school they have it and they put it on so high it feels like you are in Antarctica!
*The weather is oober hot, and warm, and sunny and amazing. I'm obsessed. I don't even care that it is humid and I will never use my straightener or curling iron because my air looks like a frizz ball. Don't care. Love this weather too much to care.
*Having a mom, brother, and sister who speak English is literally amazing. Right now they talk in English to me and I respond in Spanish so that we are both practicing. But...next week I am going to rule out them speaking English :( It will be sad but it is for my own good!
*I actually really like greeting each other with a kiss, I think it's precious.
*The food here is so cheap. At a nice restaurant my meal cost me $7...that is less than Qdoba!
* I'm happy I brought Ivy (my teddy bear that mamaseta gave me on bid day) and my M&M pillow with me to have a little piece of home with me while I sleep.
*Bringing snack food was pretty much the best decision I ever made.
*Before my mom had surgery her and my dad would go on walks at 11pm. They don't go to sleep until 2am and wake up at 7 or 8am.
*Driving around in a Taxi is comparable to being on a roller coaster ride, but rather than paying for a ticket into the park it is way cheaper! ;)
*Gordo means fat, calling an older woman, usually a maid, a gordita is not offensive and they actually like it. Can you image calling someone a little fatty in America and them seeing it as a term of endearment? Yeah, no.
*I realize a little bit more each day that I flat out don't know Spanish. Spanish is hard and takes a lot of dedication. No matter how many classes I take, nothing will ever compare to the leaps and bounds made in the progression of my language when being abroad.
*I love talking to my dad because he makes little to no sense and will talk about wine, soccer, his job, the grocery store, and bubblegum all in the matter of 3.25 seconds. Truly, amazing. Heheheh :)
I know that was the most jumbled blog in the entire world and probably makes little to no sense. I realized from being in Costa Rica last year that when I enter a Spanish culture my English goes downhill while my Spanish goes uphill; so sorry about how scatter brained I was in this post. I will try and improve and make things a little bit easier to follow next time!
Till then, Ciao!
Besos,
Mallory
Hip hip hooray for my first blog ever! So I am only on day 3 of my adventure (technically day 4 if you count traveling day), but I just had to blog a little bit because I have so many cool things that have already happened to me!!
First and foremost I am going to explain the title. Basically Samuel told me in Peru there are no rules ever. Everything is a free for all, people don't care about anything, and you do what you want to do! During my short amount of time here, I have already found this to be amazingly true! Truly, anything goes. "Go with the flo" takes on a whole new meaning when you come to Peru!
So let's start from the beginning. I was kinda-sorta worried about a 7 hour plane ride because holy cow 3 hour plane rides are long enough. But on the plane I got to watch my own personal movies right in front of me! So cool! I watched the Giver, that one movie about three girls all have the same guy and then they team up on him and make his life miserable, and claro que si I had to end with Frozen, claro.
The first day I was here was a whirlwind of emotions as I realized that I would not be home for 4 months. I was hoping that my family would distract me by showing me around Lima, but unfortunately my mother just had surgery so needs to rest a lot and my brother and sister were gone at the beach. So, being my usual self I had to find some fun because there was no way I was going to sit inside all day! I can barely watch a whole movie let alone spend the whole day in the same room. So, Jaime McCann and her rockstar host brother, Samuel, took me to a fair with them and some of Samuel's friends. After we went and got Pedro's Chicken in Larcomar which is a nicer version of a Village Pointe and we ate chicken and chicha (a purple drink made out of corn but it tastes like...actually I don't think it tastes like anything I have tasted before, it simply tastes like chicha). We also didn't go to dinner until like 11pm! It is amazing how different the time is here (not actual time, I am only one hour ahead of Nebraska), but time in the sense that they don't eat lunch until 2 or 3 and then they (if they eat dinner which is SUPER rare in my family, hence why they are all so skinny) they eat it at like 11 or 12am? But, I am a night owl so I could get used to this stay up late, start the day late lifestyle! All in all, I am forever grateful that Samuel and Jaime took me in and showed me a good time for my first night in Lima!
My second day in Lima was close to the greatest day of my life. I GOT TO GO TO A ROOFTOP POOL PARTY! Is this real life???? Drinking pisco and coke and laying around in the pool all day, then getting fed yummy ceviche and cara pulcura is perfecta! The host mom of Jamie is absolutely amazing! Their family has a harder time saying Mallory, as do 99% of Spanish speaking people, so I told them they can call me Marisol, and I like that :)
My third day in Lima I had orientation to learn all about my school and my classes! Boy oh boy is my school nice! It is totally gated and they have security guards to check you in, so I feel super safe which always makes mamaseta happy! The school is beautiful, my teachers so far are wonderful, and they have Starbucks! What more can I ask for right? Also, today I tried my very first Chifa! When a Peruvian meets and American and you ask them "What do I need to do while I am here in Peru?" Many times they will say, "You must try Chifa. There are 3 places in the world with the best Chinese food, Chine, Hong Kong, and Lima, Peru. Seriously though it is on point. So yummy!
At the end of all of my posts I am going to make a list of things that I find interesting about Peru that we do not do/have in Nebraska, or just random thoughts that I want to remember when I reread these when I am old and all krinkley and can't travel the world like I am now:
*They eat a little breakfast, huge lunch, and almost no dinner
*It seems like everyone here knows at least a little English, they learn it so early while their brains are still developing so they get a grasp for it at an early age
*People who are bad at English talk 90% in Spanish to me and then randomly throw in English words if they know one...I explain to them that I know Spanish, so it is easier for me to understand them if they just speak Spanish haha!
*A night of partying goes like this: 10pm start to pregame (they call it previewing), 1am go to the discotecas, 6am return home. INSANITY IS WHAT IT IS! I haven't experience it yet but I am going to this weekend when my family takes me to the beach and my brother and sister are taking me to an electronic party whatever that means! :)
*Air conditioning. Not a thing. Waste of money apparently? But, sometimes in random rooms throughout the school they have it and they put it on so high it feels like you are in Antarctica!
*The weather is oober hot, and warm, and sunny and amazing. I'm obsessed. I don't even care that it is humid and I will never use my straightener or curling iron because my air looks like a frizz ball. Don't care. Love this weather too much to care.
*Having a mom, brother, and sister who speak English is literally amazing. Right now they talk in English to me and I respond in Spanish so that we are both practicing. But...next week I am going to rule out them speaking English :( It will be sad but it is for my own good!
*I actually really like greeting each other with a kiss, I think it's precious.
*The food here is so cheap. At a nice restaurant my meal cost me $7...that is less than Qdoba!
* I'm happy I brought Ivy (my teddy bear that mamaseta gave me on bid day) and my M&M pillow with me to have a little piece of home with me while I sleep.
*Bringing snack food was pretty much the best decision I ever made.
*Before my mom had surgery her and my dad would go on walks at 11pm. They don't go to sleep until 2am and wake up at 7 or 8am.
*Driving around in a Taxi is comparable to being on a roller coaster ride, but rather than paying for a ticket into the park it is way cheaper! ;)
*Gordo means fat, calling an older woman, usually a maid, a gordita is not offensive and they actually like it. Can you image calling someone a little fatty in America and them seeing it as a term of endearment? Yeah, no.
*I realize a little bit more each day that I flat out don't know Spanish. Spanish is hard and takes a lot of dedication. No matter how many classes I take, nothing will ever compare to the leaps and bounds made in the progression of my language when being abroad.
*I love talking to my dad because he makes little to no sense and will talk about wine, soccer, his job, the grocery store, and bubblegum all in the matter of 3.25 seconds. Truly, amazing. Heheheh :)
I know that was the most jumbled blog in the entire world and probably makes little to no sense. I realized from being in Costa Rica last year that when I enter a Spanish culture my English goes downhill while my Spanish goes uphill; so sorry about how scatter brained I was in this post. I will try and improve and make things a little bit easier to follow next time!
Till then, Ciao!
Besos,
Mallory