Lessons!

One of the men here that works closely with the team and the ICDU, used to work for a language school, and his name is Alfredo, which is apparently a pretty common name here. Besides working with ICDU, Alfredo also works with Megan and her Spanish, and he might work with others; I'm not sure.

Before coming down here, the team mentioned that he would be a possibility for language classes for these two months. Well I talked to him this morning after his lesson with Megan, and we agreed to start Monday! ¡Que emocionado! We're going to work for two hours every day after lunch, and I can't wait to get started.

I went out with Greg today to a part of town that sells a lot of furniture and used appliances. He's in the market for a few things because they just got to move into the other half of their apartment right before I arrived. He explained a lot about how the shopping works there, and how he would look in different stores for the same furniture in order to find the best prices. He also mentioned how interesting/strange/frustrating it is to be the subject of some form of racism. None of the stores had marked prices, so sometimes the vendors would expect him to pay more just because he's white.

This is a picture of the volcano that overlooks the city of Arequipa. It's awfully handy in orienting myself when I don't really know where I am. As long as I can see that mountain, I can at least know the general direction of home.

Isn't it beautiful?