¿Por qué no?

¿Por qué no? or Why not? This has been my motto while in Peru these past few weeks. With this motto, I have gone to The Killers concert, a soccer game, Lunahuaná, along with also trying new foods and meeting new people.

To start off, you have to know about the awesome Semana Santa, or Holy Week, that I had. We didn't have classes of Thursday or Friday so we left early Thursday morning for Lunahuaná, which is about 2 hours south of Lima. It was absolutely beautiful. There was a river that flowed through the city. On one side there were mountains and on the other side it was the town. B-E-A-utiful! Here is a picture to show you!

Beautiful, right? While we were there, we rode horses up to an old Inca site and we also went "water-rafting." It was no white water rapid, but it was still pretty fun! There I started to miss being able to drive through the countryside. Don't get me wrong, I have no desire to drive in Lima because it's so big. But oh Silvia (my awesomely named American car)- I do miss you! Dad, you better treat ole Silvia well! We were there for Holy Friday and got to see a procession that takes place in almost everywhere in Peru during Holy Week. Wow. It was super cool. I'm sure I looked like a super foreign nerd because I was super googly-eyed and everything, but man was it incredible! Below is a photo of the Jesus crucifix that they carried throughout the procession. These processions last all night and they carry statues and a band follows. Holy moly! It was absolutely gorgeous.

On Saturday, we headed back to Lima. I made plans to go to church on Sunday morning to celebrate Easter. I looked up the time of the service and everything. We arrived promptly at the methodist church at 11 am and there was no one. Not a single soul at the church. So we rang the door bell and the pastor came out in his pajamas. We were super puzzled because we were like today is Easter, right!? Haha- well turns out all the churches here have sunrise services at 6am. Soo- the pastor sat with us and gave us a mini-service. It was an incredible experience and definitely one that I will always treasure about my time in Peru!

Okay, enough about Semana Santa. These past two weeks, my school load has picked up and I have already have a few tests and papers due. Finally getting into the swing of things! I'm taking a class about quechua, an indigenous language of Peru. It has been super fun and crazy because here we are, like 4 foreigners, sitting in a class of 50 Peruvian freshmen. It's been crazy fun because most times we don't understand anything and we are always like, "wait... what?!" Haha! It's been fun.

A super big highlight from these past few weeks = The Killers concert!! It was a blast and definitely something I probably wouldn't be able to do as easily in the States! So my new motto, ¿Por qué no? Thats about it for this week. I'm super excited because I get to welcome my sister into Lima this Friday and I recently bought tickets for my mom and I to go to Machu Picchu when she is in town in May!