A day off...

Today I had the chance to meet up with a friend from the US. He's currently living in Colorado with the CLM and will be entering the CLM as a sodalite, taking a vow of obediance to the Pope and chastity. He's been down here for 3 weeks now and it was interesting to hear about all of his experiences so far. He's definitely very excited to come back to Peru in June, maybe for good.

We came across this car on the street, and well, I

just had to take a picture of it. Looks like CSU grads are world travelers!

We also took a long walk down the beach and saw a ton of people playing soccer, building sand castles, and selling interesting things.

I had heard that the water was really cold, but to my surprise it seemed very, very warm to me. Must be El Nino (which means "The Nino")!

After a good couple hours of catching up, we loaded him on this bus back to his side of town. It was the first time he was taking the bus on his own, and I still haven't heard from him, so hopefully he made it ok! The first bus he tried to board rejected him because it was going the wrong direction...whoops...don't worry Julie, he's only been gone for about 30 minutes...

I also learned a good lesson today: when standing in line behind a Peruvain Soldier, even if you think he got out of the convienence store line, it's not a good idea to step in front of him. It's also not a good idea to ask if you can take his picture for your blog in order to document the moment... Don't worry Mom, that didn't really happen...