Dear Diary (haha),
This morning I was sitting in the hotel using my limited Spanish to order breakfast. The guy sitting next to me asked if I spoke English...I said yes!! We were talking and he said he was in Peru to fix cleft pallets. Come to find out he is a surgeon from Nebraska. He was also only staying one night at the Colonial then moving to a different hotel because of vacancy-he was going to the same hotel as me! So, we shared a cab and when we got to the second hotel (which is far more pleasant) we decided to tour the city which included the wonderful market and eating some good seafood. My breakfast included some delicious papaya juice, coco tea, eggs, chicken, cheese, tomato and some fresh papaya. Lunch was equally as delicious: Squid, scallops, shrimp in some sort of sauce over fried fish. This came with potatoes that looked just like hollandaise sauce! There are lots of entertaining bikes-plant bikes, oil bikes, pastry bikes, fruit bikes and much more. I am amazed at how friendly and polite everyone is here. People always open doors, carry luggage etc. One thing I do find interesting is that you cannot put toilet paper in the 'water closets.' This is a bit garbled but going on very little sleep so you will have to bear with me! Tomorrow, I meet with my translator, Ana to go through my courses and figure out how we can deliver the lectures efficiently with the translation. Hopefully a restful night is in store!
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