Ellos quieren me ensenar Ingles!?

Back at El Sol today we learned another completely new topic in our grammar class with Andres. Today we learned about using llever + gerund phrases to express a duration of time that you've been doing an action. It sounds complicated but it's not that bad because all you really have to do is conjugate llevar in the present tense and then add then gerund of the action verb you are using. For example llevo trabajando means "I have been working". I think that it will come in very handy in conversation because Andres actually said that this phrasing is actually very common in the streets of Peru. Then Romeo came in and we had culture class where we learned a lot about the culture of Huari or Wari. This culture is considered to have built the first Empire in Peru spreading outwards to Pachacamac and the area of Tiahuanaco near Lake Titicaca. The Huari were influenced by a lot of the cultures they had conquered and had a very mixed culture because of it. The Huari were also a very military based with those in the military being higher up in the class system and not the priests which was more common in the other cultures.
 After classes I had a delicious lunch from the restaurant next to the school. I got " Bistec a la pobre" which essentially just a piece of steak with a fried egg on top and its delicious. The meal also came with a fried caramelized plantain which was delicious as well. But with the days packed as they are I was actually eating that on the bus to the Air Force School . Today was the first day we were suppose to teach English. My group was given the lesson plan of food and traditions but we didn't really know what to expect when we got to the class. When we got there though it was set up really nicely with the kids all separated into groups of desks and then each one of the people in my group was sent to a group to meet with the kids and get to know them all. This time it was a lot easier for me at least because it was in English. I was so much fun getting to know all the and I got to talk about my favorite food, chicken wings! I also learned from them and found out a new dessert to try called picarones which is kind of like a doughnut with honey drizzled over the top so I'm really excited to try those.

  After teaching the class we went back to the library to talk with the second group of  kids from yesterday. The one girl whose name is Cindy doesn't speak much English but loved talking with us and she even taught us a new word for cool, "fluye"  and apparently it always has to be done with a wave type hand movement haha. Again it was a great time at the school I can't wait to go back tomorrow!