Really Though?

So I'm obviously down for trying new things and learning new customs, (if I wasn't I wouldn't be thousands of miles away from my comfort zone) but even I have my boundaries, sheesh! I went grocery shopping with my host mommy and there was a bowl of raw chicken wings that already had teriyaki sauce on them so that all you had to do was throw them in the oven when you got home. I was a little confused about them, since I had never seen anything quite like it, so my host mommy stuck her finger in the sauce, licked it, and then offered that SAME FINGER to me to try it!!! WHAT THE FLIP?! There are so many things wrong with this picture!!! First of all, the chicken was RAW, I have no clue where your finger has been, and then you JUST licked it! And then, when we were at the mall, she got a sample piece of chicken on a toothpick from the Chinese spot and literally bit off half of it and then offered the rest to me! It's going to be a longgg four months lol!

My host mommy thought this would make me feel more about home, so she bought me a few!!! Woohoo! lol

 Look at this! Their potato chips are MUCH fancier than ours! Apparently it's perfect for a fancy steak dinner! 

Once you pop, the fun won't stop! Even in Peru! lol

 My host mommy made me hot dogs. It was made of real meat, not leftover body parts like in the U.S. lol. It was REALLY good :) It was just missing mustard and relish (and chili for my Detroit peeps lol)!

Okay this is called "lomo fino saltado" and it is DELICIOUS! It's filet mignon with tomatoes and onions and it was seasoned PERFECTLY! The fries and rice were amazing too :)

I'm in PERÚ!!!!

¡Holaaaa amigos!

Okay, I've been in Perú since around 2 am Wednesday morning (five full days) and things have definitely not been how I expected them to be, AT ALL! After being deplaned (because of an engine failure) and then forced to reboard the SAME plane, I finally arrived at my host mom's hotel and to my surprise NO ONE spoke English! I went to sleep for a few hours and then woke up a little early to make sure that I could catch a ride to my orientation at my new university. Once again, the joke was on ME! There was NO ride to catch. I used what little Spanish I could remember on TWO hours of sleep and one of the workers used the little bit of English that he knew and threw me in a taxi with an address I didn't understand. Thank God, I made it to campus safely, but I was definitely shaken up a bit!

Universidad San Ignacio De Loyola (USIL)

I can say that things have gotten a LOT better. I've met a lot of cool people and I'm actually understanding and speaking Spanish a lot better! I'll try to update this daily, so you guys better check it out!!! Besos!

Chao!