The day I fell in love with Miraflores

HOLA!

I finally have gotten the hang of Miraflores.
Yesterday was a wonderful day. Gabby and I explored Miraflores all day. We slept in after a long day on Saturday (I will have to update you all later! though I told you most of it already.)
Morena prepared a really good avocado sandwich for breakfast, I had my cafe con leche (she realiezd how much i love coffee!) and Gabby had a papaya smoothie. I am not a huge fan of papaya, but I have pineapple when she has it!

Finally we were on our way to the grocery store called Vivanda (think Harris Teeter... tons of free samples!) and I bought some food, granola bars and found those corn nuts that I love so much. Next we walked across the street to the internet cafe to check our email. Its 1.50 soles to use it for one hour, so thats pretty good! We are getting to know the lady there, but she has such a thick accent that I dont understand her. She laughs at me a lot, but is very nice nonetheless haha.

Then we went back to drop off our stuff! Morena welcomed us with the normal hug and kiss. The Peruvians are so incredibly friendly. I can even understand Morena, our nanny, some of the time... though I cheat by using body language and context clues... but it works! I also cant respond easily, but I can say phrases that she can sometimes pick up on. She told me how rapido I was learning! Its refreshing.

We thought we were going to meet up with two other girls who live in San Isidro, which is pretty close to Miraflores. It turns out that one of the girls couldnt come, but Kaitlin met us at Haiti, which has become the meeting place for our group because everyone knows where it is. Its a pretty nice restaurant. I tried a pisco sour there, and it was definitely delicious! Its a pretty popular drink in Peru, and pretty much any bartender will let you try one for free because they all think that they make the best ones!

So finally we explored Miraflores, and its incredibly nice. We walked around the park in the warm sunshine (it was nice ... like 70 degrees and completely sunny!) We looked for picarones (fried sweet potatoes with syrup) but couldnt find them.. so we got churros, which are soooo much better than they are in the states. We then saw people playing fantasy futbol... instead of american football it was with soccer players! We were also offered to buy some drugs, but declined haha. Next we found a group of old people dancing salsa, a Justin Bieber fan club, and an art gallery. Several times people just smile and say hello and call you amigos. They are so friendly. I ended up buying a good amount of things! I found a bag for cheap! I have learned that never buy anything until you bargain with them (which I can now do on my own). I also bought a pair or earrings for 1.50 soles that would be at least 20 dollars back home, the nicest pair of sunglasses I have owned for 15 soles (I broke mine the day before oops) and other things.

So after exploring for 4 hours we tiredly went back home! Lorena was there, but she was with a male friend... Im not quite sure of her situation with that, but Morena cooked us a very rich meal... note to self... dont eat really rich food too fast. We had chicken, mushrooms and realy good mashed potatoes that were the best I have ever had (sorry ma) but they didnt settle wel in my stomach... haha. Morena wanted to take pictures of her dogs! So cute. I wish I could send you pictures. Morena is so cute. Shes under 5 feet with the largest eyes. So nice! We had dessert for the first time.. like caramel but called natilla. So good, but so rich!

Ok well I gotta go to class... not quite sure what Im doing today, but it should be an adventure, like always. You never know what youre going to do on a dailyi basis. It took me awhile to get used to it, but this morning I even spoke to the taxi! I told him where it was and bargained.. we got the best deal we have gotten yet.
Its cloudy today, but maybe it will be sunny later... I have seen sun the past 3 days!
All for now!