Peru-sing [Trujillo] Peru

It was an uneventful 9 hr bus ride overall, we did get some food, which was nice. They gave us a hamburger bun with mayo? and some ham, along with some wheat bread/tuna salad pinwheels, which was delicious. Of course I would drop 1 out of 2, what a pity! We also got a cookie, but I don't really like cookies in general, so I didn't eat it. They also offered us Inca Kola, a popular soda in Peru, kind of like Sprite/Mt. Dew. I didn't like it at all, not surprising as I don't like soda.

Exhausted bus ride picture

We arrived at the Trujillo bus station a bit earlier than expected and waited for KH, the person in charge of the program, to pick us up. He took us to meet out home stay family, which includes Mama Rosa, her daughters, son-in-law, and her 1 yr old grandson, Santiago (who has super big eyes and loves to smile all the time, very adorable kid). We then took an almost 3 hr stroll around Trujillo. All of us were starving, so it was hard to concentrate on what he was really saying. He ended up bringing us to a coffee shop that apparently is the best coffee in Trujillo. I ordered a Cappuccino. It was decent, I don't really know any better as I hardly go to coffee shops.

We were all starving at this point as we didn't really have breakfast, so this was a good snack, but we all couldn't wait until we went home for lunch, which was delicious. Peruvian cuisine is very heavy in flavors. I really like salt, but they use.... maybe TOO much salt.(<- and it takes alot for me to say that)

We had our first spanish classes that afternoon. I really don't like to speak Spanish, or any foreign language for that matter. I can understand things, but for me to put things into sentences, then got over the fact that I probably have a horrible accent, is muy difícil. Makes it really hard to learn languages -_- 

I have never really enjoyed learning languages anyways, but it is so important, grrr... 

After classes, we went to dinner with other students from the program to a steak house, El Torete, across the street from our school. As this was a sit down restaurant, it was on the more expensive side, but it was still sooo cheap! I got a HUGE piece (about the size of my 2 hands, unfortunately I don't have pictures as I didn't know how safe it would be to bring a camera on my first day there) of veal steak (or so I think as the menu was entirely in spanish and I could only guess what I was eating. Good thing I am not a picky eater) for S/30, which translates about ~$12.  A slab of meat that big in the US would have costed probably $30-$40, at the very least. My dinner was delicious. It also came with a salad, and all their salads here have avocados in them. The avocados in Peru are SO much better than the ones in the US, even avocados from farmer's markets that are actually quite delicious. I am convinced Peruvian avocados are grown in heaven, or at least in a plot of land borrowed from heaven. I must find a way to sneak some avocados back to the US so my parents could try them. 

After dinner, the other students took us on a stroll to check out the local grocery store at the mall. Boy, crossing the street is SSOOOOO scary. Cars are everywhere, in every which direction, kind of like a busy ant hill. Traffic hour is extremely terrible. Red lights are mere suggestions, and everyone honks at everyone (Though apparently, it is illegal to honk, but no one gets tickets for doing so). I truly believe that the cars honk at each other to make some street choir music. There are also no stop signs in smaller intersections, not that they would be useful in anyway.