May 30th and May 31st Al Principio...

Hola Mis Amigos and Mi Familia!
I know that you have been patiently waiting to hear about my adventures in Peru!! Here are the start of them finally!!
So I have been here for 3 full days so far and have been loving all of it!!
We left the KCI airport around 9:30 to catch our plane and finally arrived in Lima, Peru at around 11pm. It was a full and exhausting day! We were greeted by our amazing tour guide Ernesto who we would grow to love. We had so much luggage that there were 6 airport staff that had to wheel it out on the carts. We were a sight to see as we left the airport! I think they were happy to see us leave. It didn`t stop there with standing out. We got onto a huge tour bus and started down the street. We were also a sight there!
The last few days we have been exploring the city with our trusty tour guide Ernesto. Ernesto is a one of a kind guy! He is the sweetest guy the fatherly type that you know will take care of you and he has had to several times. (I will explain more later) We visited all different places like the San Francisco church and monestary. There were catacombs in the basement where all of the priests were buried. It was a creepy experience seeing all of the bones. They had all of the bones divided up in different areas. Like all of the skulls together and all of the hip bones. It was so weird!
We visited this beautiful Cathedral San Martin. It was sooo beautiful with high ceilings and ornate statues and decour. We also visited several different famous places around the city and then stopped for lunch. I have to get used to this schedule of eating 8 am 3 pm and 8pm. I was beyond ready for lunch by the time we sat down.We picked a patio restaurant. Even though it is winter in Peru right now we have been wearing shorts and light jackets. If this winter weather was the same in the US I would take it any day:) There is no rain and the weather never gets below 45 degrees.
While we ate we had a show! There was this striped yellow and white kitten which had climbed up this small tree. It decided that it wanted to climb up higher so it kept trying to climb. It attracked a crowd of a few people. Finally, it fell out of the tree and all 26 of us let out a sympathetic cry for the cat from our table across the way. The people also watching turned and looked at us.
After lunch we had free time for the rest of the afternoon so a few of us Rocio my professor,Kate, Kathleen all went in search of a place to get maicures. It was a fun experience going to the Beauty Salon in Peru to get our nails done. It took us 2 hours for all of us to get done. It is such a different experience here with everything being so much more laid back. The woman doing our nails at one point stopped in the middle and went to wash and cute someones hair and then came back to finish.
After the manicure we rushed back to the Hotel Hacienda (which is by the way so fancy) to get ready so we could go to a dinner and a show. We went to this very expensive buffet (It was like $41 a person in America Dollars) We were amazed by the food so fancy and so good. After dinner there was a show with men and women dressed in authentic clothing of Peru. They all did these dances that were so captivating. There was a pair of young boys that did what is called the Sissor Dance. They played the sissors while they danced. It looked like it took so much concentration and athletic ability. I was so impressed.
After the amazing show we decided to go the the Discoteca para bailar!It was quite an experience trying to decide which one to go to. Just imagine the group of 28 of us going in and out of discotecas with our profesora checking them out seeing which one was the best. When we would leave we had the employees following us trying to make a deal with us to come back into their bar It was a great time! The funniest thing was that the sign said that it was a Discoteca and Video Bar but the video was playing Franklin! For those of you who dont know that is a young childrens show. It didnt seem to phase the locals in the least. After a few hours I had enough of dancing and we headed back to the Hotel to get come rest.
Thus ends my first day in Peru!
Stay tuned for more adverntures!