What have we been up to?

I have been horribly sick lately. It started last Wednesday with just a cough and a little sore throat. I thought nothing of it, figured it would go away by the next day. I was wrong. I have been in bed for about the past week with an ear infection (maybe two), a cough that won't go away, a sore throat (that luckily has subsided), and congestion. I apologize for not getting to this, but I haven't been in the mood to do much of anything but sleep and watch Netflix with the hubby.

Now that I am feeling better, I wanted to tell you a lot that we have been up to since Mistura, which seems like FOREVER ago!

We spent a Friday with Fanny and we went to a place called Gamarra. It is a market in the district of La Victoria and has everything a person could ever want. They had shops for knock off clothing, food, accessories, fabric, craft supplies, EVERYTHING! It was crazy. There were people everywhere and we only saw a small portion of the market. I went specifically to look for items to bring to the girls for workshops this week, but we ended up purchasing and couple of sweatshirts as well. We spent a good part of the day running after Fanny who was trying to show us everything there was to see there. We were pretty exhausted after a couple hours. I haven't been able to get Mitch back since.

After Gamarra we rushed off to the ISA office where they were hosting a class teaching us how to play the cajon. The Cajon is a drum that that has an afro-peruvian influence. I had a blast learning how to play. It was a ton of fun and I think that we both want to figure out how to bring one home so that we can continue to practice.

The ISA group learning how to place Cajon

We also got to learn about a few other instruments that Peruvian use, one of which was a jawbone that had dried out so the teeth were loose. At the end we each got a different instrument and all played together.

 


We went and visited either the largest or second largest shopping mall in Lima. It is right up the street from our house, a short bus ride away, and we had a great time shopping and exploring the stores. We got a bunch of new running gear to prepare for our 15K and some new clothes. We also went out to eat at Hard Rock Cafe Lima and had an amazing burger! It was one of the nicest Hard Rocks we have been to. Not overly decorated like some others. We had a really good time.

 

Other than that we have been kicking back, doing homework and trying to kick this cold. I have a couple other posts that I am working on now that I am feeling better to include a short one about the 15K that we ran!

Hasta Luego!