Last day in Trujillo

And just like that, 3 weeks has flown by. Do I really have to leave Peru in less than a week?

We went to the clinic for the last time this morning, very, very late, because the bus was super late. I think the driver didn't even know to pick us up. Nothing exciting happened, so I will just post some pictures. Well, not quite, the doctor touched a little girl's butt (and the mom touched the girl's buttonhole) and no one washed their hands and touched everything in the room. The doctor proceeded with the next patient just like normal. (<-- just a bit of disgusting for the day for those of you who need that daily dose!)

The church across the clinic

The sign announcing the campaign

Our lunch today. Of course, just right after we had papa a la hauncaina yesterday, we would have that as today's salad as well. boo!

In the afternoon, we went to volunteer at the orphanage. I am going to miss these girls dearly. They are so welcoming and friendly. Even the babies remember me and ran to me for a hug when they saw me. I  could only wish that these kids had parents they could run and hug every day after school. =(

Since the orphanage is hosting a fundraiser tomorrow, we helped prepped. We washed tables and chairs, but mainly, JS and I washed potatoes, and by potatoes, I mean, ALOT of potatoes. We had a little girl who was supposed to help us by bringing the washed potatoes into the kitchen, but instead of helping, she was quite a troublemaker! Every time she would come back with the bowl to carry more potatoes in, she would pull the "washed potato crate" very far away from us, making it impossible for us to easily chuck in washed potatoes. When I tried to pull the crate back towards us one time, she fought me and held on to the crate, so I just gave up. She would also spend more time playing with the potatoes than stacking them in the bowl. It was not long before JS and I gave up and just told her to go play, and we carried the extremely heavy crate ourselves. That made our lives much easier=)

The girls at the orphanage somehow found that it was a great idea to wipe down EVERYTHING in the courtyard, including the sidewalk. While it was nice that everything was clean for tomorrow, the nuns probably thought we were very slow washing the potatoes, since we had to share the sink
For dinner, we went out to Mana cafe, which everyone has been raving about. I thought the food was good, but not "out of this world" I ordered a Tequenos with Lomo Saltado with Huancaina sauce; it was delicious, but a bit on the tad salty side for me. I must say, Cinthia's (one of our Spanish teachers) and Mama Rosa's huancaina's sauce blows this restaurant's sauce out of the water though.

Washing one too many potatoes!

After we finished washing potatoes, we went into the kitchen to see what we could assist with. We were then told to help skin a pumpkin like vegetable. I insisted I could not do it, but of course, the person (out of 4 people) with the biggest knife was me. Can you guess what happened next? Oh well! at least cutting myself proved my point. I left the kitchen and found MK to replace me, which she liked since we enjoys cooking and I really hate it. I also have no knife skills in the kitchen...

My dinner! Was this place as good as everyone claimed? not quite.

Getting some fruits for the very last time at one of MK and I's favorite fruit store. Sorry the pic is blurry

MK and I finally tried a dessert from the dessert place we walk by everyday to school and back. It was pretty decent and someone similar to what my mom has taught me to make before. Egg custard/flan type thing

Taking a picture with one of Mama Rosa's daughter, Susan, right before she goes out to a friend's birthday party. I will miss her!

It took me awhile to finish packing odds and ends, but I did and we got picked up to the bus station by Martin. We waited at the train station for about 1 hr for our ride to Lima.