Hola!I wouldn´t want to leave you hanging with only pictures and no stories...the only excuse I have for not writing for so long is that I have been pretty busy with the actual course! Besides the usual English theory and Spanish classes every day I have also started to actually teach every night except for friday and sunday nights. To be honest, I am ready for this course to be over with and start traveling, and doing some of the more exciting stuff, the st...

Hi all!Here is another update and it is one filled with lotsa goodies..!First of all, to those who thought of it, many thanks to all the happy birthday wishes! ;) My birthday was a pretty normal day, I was invited by my Spanish teacher´s family for a 3-course Peruvian b-day lunch. At night I had to teach at the orphanage and they started singing for me! But...I promised some juicy news, so let´s get to it.. New housingThe first thing I thought was wort...

¡Holaaa! After about 3 weeks in Peru here´s another update about stuff that´s going on here! I am slowly getting used to (some of) the odds and ends of Peruvian lifestyle which I thought would be fun to share: - Every so many years, on a Sunday, ALL Peruvians must stay at home from 6 in the morning till 6 at night. This is because the Censo (government people) will stop by at EVERY house in Peru to check how many people live in Peru! They stop by...

Hi everyone,Just a quick note on how to reach me here. By mail (I wll stay here for at least 2 months, maybe 3): Urbanizacíon Los SaucesCasa 16 CaymaArequipa, Perú If you are going to send me something make sure the package will not have a value of more than $50 (or if it does, make sure it doesn´t say so on the label!) because people at the Peruvian postal service will definitely open the package and if they see what they like, they´ll ta...

First days in ArequipaSo here I am; my first message from Arequipa! I had a bit of a problem keeping up with my schedule, so I arrived a day later than planned. I got here on october 3rd at 8AM and was picked up by Mark, the director of the school and also my direct teacher while doing the TEFL course. Mark is a nice guy, likes to talk a lot, is very energetic and enthusiastic about most things, very motivated and tries to help people the best he can.The first f...