This weekend we were supposed to go to Machu Picchu but because of some tiny kidnapping threats by groups of people in Cusco the US Embassy suggest all travel to the Cusco/Machu Picchu area to be postponed. Our embassy heard that they were planning on kidnapping groups of Americans in the month of February and of course our trip was planned the last weekend in February. We could have still gone, but because we are a group of students sponsored by a University we were not allowed to make the decision on our own. We ended up loosing 100% of our money, except from the airline. I think it was because we cancelled so late. Plus the travel companies just want our money, and there are no rights protecting us from that kind of thing down here. Hopefully if we reschedule we can get some more money back, but I'm doubting it.
Instead I had a fairly laid back and lazy weekend, but I have two tests coming up this weekend so I need to be studying... Since we had two classes on Wednesday because we were supposed to leave on Thursday for our trip we had it off! Four day weekend for us!! Around 2:30 we went to some Incan Markets, mainly to check prices for when we go to Cusco. But the things they had were not authentic only to Cusco/Machu Picchu it was the main tourist garb. Around 5 we were all done shopping and starting to get hungry, which was strange since we are used to eating a light supper (like a piece of bread) for supper at 8. Marta (our teacher from NE) told us that the best pizzeria in Peru was really close to where we were so we walked there. The name was D'nnos and it was really good! I bought an individual "Carnivora" pizza, whenever we get pizza we are really excited. The popular pizzerias they have here are Domino's and Papa John's (Papa John's is much better than Domino's)
Friday I ended up staying at home all day and then fairly early in the night we met some of our conversation partners in another district very close to us, Miraflores. We went to a paint party that they only host about once a month, so it was packed and we had to get there early. When we got in we were able to get up close to the stage. Since there were so many people it was really hot and we had to fight our ground, so most of the time we were trying to keep people from taking our spots. We saw many failed attempts at body surfing, which I'm sure hurt really bad for those people and I feel bad, but was really funny to witness. The DJ played a lot of old school "American" music, for example Backstreet Boys at one point. It was a fun night though!
I have been wanting to cook an American meal for my host family. Especially since they are always serving me I feel bad that I'm not contributing. So Saturday night I cooked them an all American meal of... Swedish Pancakes! And they loved them! Instead of using maple syrup we used Pisco Sour flavoring which is very similar to syrup, just not maple flavor... I would say its similar to grenadine, but thicker and not cherry flavored just a sweet sugar flavor. I was really happy they liked them. I had to call my grandma to make sure I had the recipe right, which was a good excuse to talk to her and my grandpa!
Sunday night was the Oscars and I watched them with my family en español! And that's all I did this weekend. I probably should have done a lot more during the days since I will only be in Peru for a short time, but it was also nice to just relax and stay at home.
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