Day 45

Easter Sunday -- Despite going to bed at 3 a.m., I woke up at 8:30. Somehow I distracted myself enough to be late to church, which was at 10:30. The service was good - pretty Easter focused - and then I hung out for about an hour after church. I went to lunch with Meredith and the Bruggers family at a place in San Miguel called Mi Propiedad Privada, a cevicheria and seafood restaurant overlooking the ocean. It was pretty fancy and modern, with beautifully plated food. The plate closest to me is "Festival de Causa" with four different types of causa (one of my favorite foods here). The one farthest from me is ceviche with chiclo (Peruvian corn - kind of giant) and sweet potatoes. Everything was incredibly delicious, and then I was thoroughly given the birthday treatment when the waiter came with some flan with a candle in it and "Happy Birthday" and "Feliz Cumpleaños" came on the sound system at the restaurant. We got home, and I had a chance to call my family, Steve and Sarah for Easter before Meredith, Racquel and I went to dessert. We went to 4D, a fancier ice cream place. I had some incredibly delicious ice cream and my first pisco sour -- the national alcoholic drink of Peru (although Chile claims pisco was their idea). It's made out of pisco (grape brandy, I think), a lot of limes, some sugar and then some whipped egg whites on top to make a foam. Sounds kind of gross, but you don't really taste the egg whites.