Its been quite some time since I last updated, but thats only because I have been so busy!! Come to find out, Im actually staying with another host family, who lives in Lima, but were on vacation in Tacna, AND THEN GOING TO CUSCO!!!!!!!!!! This family is so great and the entire family is huge and so welcoming!! I left my other host family and met the mother of my new host family, Lorena. We took a taxi to their house, which was much, much smaller than the one before, but very homey and lived in. Which was automatically comforting for me. We then went out for Chifa, got our nails done, and went shopping!! Shes the mother of only one daughter, so shes obviously going to know how to start off me staying with them the right way!! ;) We were walking in the mall and stopped at this vender who sold stuffed animals. At random, she went to the side with the Monsters Inc. characters and out of all of them there, picked up Sully. Any of you reading this who really know me would understand why this was a huge deal. It not only freaked me out a bit, but it made me feel connected and like my guardian angel was letting me know hes with me, even in Peru! We then went to her nieces house in Miraflores, which was huge. We walked into the second level, I was thinking this was an apartment building and they lived on the second level. NOPE.. They lived on the second level alright, but the third level was her office, because shes a lawyer, and the fourth level was their patio roof.. which was amazing. The first level? Yeah, its where they have their cooking academy.. WTF AWESOME!! We sat around her table and ate a fabulous dinner, then Lorena and I left back to her house for the evening because we had a flight to Tacna early the next morning!
I arrived with the mother, Lorena to Tacna to meet her daughter, Zareth and the rest of their huge family. Zareth is 20 and is studying Dentistry at a University in Lima. This girl and I just clicked right away. She speaks English, thank the Lord, but the rest of the family doesnt, so its been a trip trying to communicate. When we arrived to the Grandmas house, I was welcomed with a huge hug and BIENVENIDOS!!!!! So great and warm to begin with. That night we all sat around a table and as we sat, the more people showed up. There ended up being a room full of family that was loud, crazy, and doing nothing but laughing and listening to the latin music in the background. Ohhhh how this is my kind of family.
The past couple days have been filled with laughing, dancing and going out! Im already having so much fun and Ive only been with them three days!! They are going to take me to show me what stuff is in Tacna, so should be a good time! And on the 5th, we go to CUSCO!! So excited! Matchu Pitchu here I comeeeeee.
