The roommates and I had a relaxing morning at home recovering from our quick trip to Tarma. Bethany and I went to lunch together at a little place within the Residencial San Felipe -- we had aji de gallina, another popular Peruvian dish. We went grocery shopping and I got to show her around Metro (I didn't realize how much I knew about this town until Bethany came). Then we met Meredith back at the hotel so we could ride together to Miraflores, to the ADIEL office there. Bethany met the pastors really quickly, and then we toured around Miraflores while the pastors and missionaries had meetings. We went to Parque Kennedy, had some coffee at Cafe Cafe (the first coffee bar in Lima), and walked over to Parque del Amor, which overlooks the ocean. There were some parasailers taking off from a nearby cliff, but the park is really cool because it has all these funky, curvy walls that are mosaics with quotes about love and names of lovers (my favorite: Esmerelda y Cuasimodo), and then there's this giant statue of these two people making out... kind of scandalous. So, of course, all the young couples of Lima go there to make out (and then get in my pictures... ugh). Bethany and I took the bus home in horrible Friday afternoon traffic, which was suspected to be related to Mother's Day. Dia de la Madre in Peru is a big deal because you not only buy a nice gift for your own mother, but you have to buy gifts for all the mothers that you're friends with. I don't think I'll want to brave the malls this weekend because it'll be crazy. After we got home, Claudia came to pick us up and we walked to Buen Pastor and met up with other girls from the group to go to the Zac Efron movie, "17 Again" or "Diecisiete Otra Vez." It was hilaaarious -- even better than I expected. It was a little weird that his character's name in the movie was Mark Gold, and if I were to name the person I know that looks the most like Zac Efron, it's a guy named Mark Gold, the student body president of Texas A&M (friend of Andrew's). Bethany and I went home exhausted but very content.
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Day 71
The roommates and I had a relaxing morning at home recovering from our quick trip to Tarma. Bethany and I went to lunch together at a little place within the Residencial San Felipe -- we had aji de gallina, another popular Peruvian dish. We went grocery shopping and I got to show her around Metro (I didn't realize how much I knew about this town until Bethany came). Then we met Meredith back at the hotel so we could ride together to Miraflores, to the ADIEL office there. Bethany met the pastors really quickly, and then we toured around Miraflores while the pastors and missionaries had meetings. We went to Parque Kennedy, had some coffee at Cafe Cafe (the first coffee bar in Lima), and walked over to Parque del Amor, which overlooks the ocean. There were some parasailers taking off from a nearby cliff, but the park is really cool because it has all these funky, curvy walls that are mosaics with quotes about love and names of lovers (my favorite: Esmerelda y Cuasimodo), and then there's this giant statue of these two people making out... kind of scandalous. So, of course, all the young couples of Lima go there to make out (and then get in my pictures... ugh). Bethany and I took the bus home in horrible Friday afternoon traffic, which was suspected to be related to Mother's Day. Dia de la Madre in Peru is a big deal because you not only buy a nice gift for your own mother, but you have to buy gifts for all the mothers that you're friends with. I don't think I'll want to brave the malls this weekend because it'll be crazy. After we got home, Claudia came to pick us up and we walked to Buen Pastor and met up with other girls from the group to go to the Zac Efron movie, "17 Again" or "Diecisiete Otra Vez." It was hilaaarious -- even better than I expected. It was a little weird that his character's name in the movie was Mark Gold, and if I were to name the person I know that looks the most like Zac Efron, it's a guy named Mark Gold, the student body president of Texas A&M (friend of Andrew's). Bethany and I went home exhausted but very content.
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mmm. Aji de gallina. So do you know if you or I are obligated to buy something for mothers we know?
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