Aprendemos bailar Salsa

Today in class we learned a completely new topic called "Perifrases Verbales" they are basically phrases starting with verbs when you did or will be doing something. For example we learned how to say I returned to playing the piano or you should quit smoking before you die. They are hard to explain in eniglish but they have their own special rules with some of the phrases being follow by the infinitive and the others by the gerund of the action verb. I'm not feeling to strong on it but hopefully tonight's homework will help and our teacher said we would review more tomorrow. In culture class we continued with the Incas and got to finish watching the video about the bridge making. The reporter got to cross the bridge when she was finished and she said it was a thrilling experience. I kind of want to try now maybe when we are in Cusco.

  Back at UNIFE we had a lecture about Peruvian Gastronomy which is one of my favorite subjects. The lecturer a chef himself went through eighty slides of food photos all of which looked amazing. one I really wanted to try was Chupe Langostina and one that I know I liked and wanted to try again was the causa rellena. His lecture was actually really interesting because we go to learn a lot about which foods are actually Peruvian rooted and which ones were brought over from or influenced by countries in Europe like Lomo saltado which is influenced by the Chinese.

After that lecture we had a brief period where we able to talk to a few of the students about the differences in education between the US and Peru. For example in Peru they finish high school at 16 and all of their public schools require uniforms which the parents have to buy and some can't afford. It's very different and kind of sad because many kids can't go to the school then because they can't afford the uniform.

 Lastly for today we finally learned how to salsa. They had the classes outside which was a welcome surprise because it was beautiful outside and the sun was shining. So they had us in one of their quad lined up in columns with two instructors at the front. They taught us step by step and all of the students at UNIFE watched and laughed as the gringos tried to shake their hips. Our group may not have a lot of rhythm but we know how to have fun. When out favorite song "Vivir Mi Vida" came on we all sang along as we danced salsa. It was so fun and apparently its on the schedule for next Thursday too so I can't wait.