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was definitely the longest day yet.

Yesterday was a holiday so the kids had off of school (not me) and there were parades all day. And night.

After a while I got to sleep but this morning was a bit difficult. I had class in the morning like usual but since it is Friday, the second half of my class consisted of "cultural immersion" so we went to a local market with our teacher and spoke with locals and with eachother, only in spanish of course.

The market was amazing, there were so many colors and smells. Mostly good by the bakery section and the textiles but not so much near the fish and meat. I bought a coin purse for 5soles because the smallest bill they have here is a ten, and i have yet to encounter much in daily life that costs over 10 soles and so my pockets are filled with change.

I made a new friend today. Her name is Maribell and she makes belts in the Plaza de San Blas outside of my school. She pedels her belts to people coming and going, I didnt have any money but she sat down next to me to continue working on a new one and we talked for a while.

After the market I met Sabrina (project coordinators assistant) and we went together to my work site. We took the bus which was a VW bus for about 20min to the outskirts of Cusco past the airport. For .60soles or about fifteen cents. The place where I am working is a house where children are placed by the government because their parents were found unfit. There are about 25 of them and one teenage mother with her baby. I got there right at the end of lunch time so Sabrina and I got to hang out with the children and help them straighten up their rooms while talking to them and learning names.

We left only an hour later because today was only a visit but I start on Monday and I really cant wait, all of the kids were so nice and so interested. Also they speak very simple spanish so I understood nearly everything which was quite refreshing and encouraging.

Once we took the bus back it dropped us at Av de Sol which is the main street in Cusco. I tried calling home and Sam but neither picked up. I paid 1.20soles anyways and found out that I had been given a fake coin. So thats down 5soles.

Now I am going to go back to my host family to change my clothes and have some tea.
Oh yeah. Apparently peruvians dont eat dinner? Lunch is very big and dinner consists of tea or sometimes a cup of soup. Well, I still like dinner. So after tea I am going to Bullfrogs which is a local restaurant to have "late lunch" with the rest of the school. Its an organized activity by the school to bring everybody closer so that should be nice as well.

I got to sit in the sun yesterday and just write aswell. It was really really amazing.

So thats that. Now its the weekend woo!
oh and im going ATVing on sunday with other students as well
It goes up the mountains and gives a full view of Cusco, so Im very excited for that.

hope new york is just as beautiful. Im upset im missing the leaves.