So after spending last week chilling out and getting used to the altitude, I was ready to start work this week.
On Monday I went to the San Pedro market again with Janice and her chef Jose when they bought some supplies for the restaurant. It was quite cool to actually see how local Cusco people go about their day to day lives rather than sticking to the tourist quarters!
On Tuesday I took it easy as I was meant to be starting work - yes meant to be. In the end it turned out that the headteacher wasn´t available (true Peruvian ways) so I had to go back for a few hours on Wednesday morning and then again on Wednesday evening.
Wednesday was Halloween and its massive over here! I had to fight my way back from the school to the restaurant, there were loads of kids around dressed up, some in traditional clothes and others in whatever they could find. Janice had dressed the restaurant for Halloween which was quite cool and we dressed as witches while children popped in and out for sweete (photos to follow).
Then we headed to La Roustica (minus our witches hats) with Lupe and her cousins Ericka and Egor. There was lots of salsa dancing (I think its time for my lessons to start) and beer drinking. Very amusing as Egor didn´t speak a word of English and my Spanish is at the most basic! Me and Janice staggered home and after making chips, I got to bed at 5.30am and slept until 2.30pm!
I had my first Spanish lesson on Friday morning, two hours long and lots of grammar. I also found out what classes I´ll be teaching during November. I´ve got two classes a day from 5.30pm until 8.30pm. I´ve done my lesson plans for the next two lessons, a lot more time consuming than I thought but I´m sure I´ll cut it down when I get used to doing them.
Heading to Calca again tomorrow (Sunday) to have a picnic with Lupe and to meet her family. They´ve very kindly offered to let me stay with them for Christmas as I haven´t got enough time off work to go to Argentina. But it should be really nice to experience another country´s Christmas celebrations.
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