66 and sunny :)

Is it Spring in Lima? It's looking like it more and more everyday.. :)

I'm greeting this weekend with open arms after midterms week and all the work I'm trying to catch up on for here and Temple.. still have a lot to do, but am going to have a fun weekend. Tonight I'm going wine tasting with Jessa and two peruvians, should be interesting.. and then to a club at Larcomar on the coast..

Yesterday Molly & I met up to run together.. we ended up doing a lot.. walking along the beach in the sand and to love park and the lighthouse. it was great :)

so this week I was doing my readings for Peruvian Social Reality and a lot of them connected to what we're learning about in International Relations specific to Perú so they're already more interesting to read this half of the semester than last. I'm learning a lot about how centralized Perú is and how much it's kind of destroyed internal relations and foreign relations.. Also, the mayor of Lima STILL HAS NOT BEEN ANNOUNCED.. which is ridiculous to me, i think it's been about 2 weeks now. Anyways, one of the articles that I read took focus on how, despite the huge gaps between rich and poor and their living conditions in this country, the majority despite statistics have cable and cell phones... almost as a priority over a dirt vs. hard floor as the author describes... strange to think of how blessed we are in comparison. Also we are learning a lot about how mining companies come into Perú, destroy social structures and cause conflicts and pollution that kill agricultural income and political relations and how those companies don't help the people in the regions they take over at all with jobs, because theyre "undereducated" or with programs to help give back. instead they come in, set up their missions and damage peru´s natural resources. sad.

two favorite foods at home in Perú... fried Yuca and Choclo (big corn).