Beach House in Peru

September 4-7

Around the world (part two)

The greatest things about the week were spending unlimited time with Mom (I’m trying to learn how to talk as much as she does) and being able to go wherever the wind takes me. This leads to “Part Two”. After getting back to Florida, I met Pedro and his brother at the airport for a trip down to Peru. His parents met us at the Lima airport and we drove to a cool fast-food restaurant on the side of the road. I had a fruit smoothie (guanabana, chirimoya, and mamey) and a veggie taco (very different than an American veggie taco). Around 2am, we arrive to the beach house about 1 hour south of Lima. The next 2 days, we…

·         visited the market

·         sample some exotic fruits(which may or may not have caused two-weeks of stomach                     pains)

·         rode bikes around town

·         ate awesome foods

·         drank Cerveza Cusqueña (his family wanted to sample every variety of beer that                      weekend)

·        Took multiple naps

·        Ate more awesome food

·        Tried to speak Spanish

San Bartolo, Peru

Barranco has pretty cool art!

On Monday, Pedro’s parents took us to Barranco—a bohemian town south of Miraflores. We drove along the coastline and later toured another neighborhood which hosts the Peruvian Pentagon. I’m not really sure why they call it the “Pentagonito” because the building sure didn’t resemble the American building nor did it resemble the shape the building is named after.

All in all, I’d say this was a successful trip. I’m not quite sure if I came home well-rested, but I did enjoy the freedom to go and do whatever I pleased. J