Friday, May 30, 2014

Agua, Agua, y Mas Agua

   Thursday was our last day of classes for the week and we learned a little bit about when phrases or "cuando frases" ins Spanish. I found them to be pretty difficult because we had to switch between tenses depending on what tense the the verb was in following the "cuando". I didn't really get it the first time but when I do the homework over the weekend I will check my answers online and hopefully figure it out or ask Andres on Tuesday. In culture we continued on with the Incan civilization and learned a lot about their economy and how they conducted trade.  A lot of their economy was based on trading of favors nothing was ever done for free. Also there society was run by a pyramidal hierarchy with the Inca or king on top and the workers in the different groups called allyus on the bottom with advisors relay information in the middle.
   After class we spent our last day in the classes of the Air Force School. Today we did the same where we broke up into groups and talked with the kids this time it started with shoplifting in America but that was hard to talk about and we had a shy group so me and Jessie moved on to another topic. We mainly talked about sports with the kids because we had a group of boys and they loved talking about soccer but shockingly enough I found a boy who didn't like soccer that much and preferred to play volleyball like me! Even though they were quite it was still a great experience and I think it really helps both us and the kids even if its just a little bit.
   After classes today we had a fun trip to the Magic Circuit Water Show in the center of Lima. It was a really cool place that had fountains all over this huge park. We were taken there in a Mirabus and had tour of the park with them too but the best part of the night was the actual water show. Using lasers that were able to make all sorts of shapes in the water including these really cool videos showing all the amazing styles of Peruvian dances from the coast to the jungle. It was a really cool experience that I was glad I went on.

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