This Ceviche Tastes Fishy...

I skipped work the other day.

I love what I do. I love the kids I work with and the place I work at. But last week I realized that my days were blurring together. I think when it becomes hard to distinguish what you did on Thursday versus what you did on Monday, it's time to stop and take a break.

Two more gringos came to Peru within the last few days. One is potentially looking at joining the Sodalitium, and the other is doing a similar thing as me. Since I was already thinking about taking a day off of work, one of the brothers suggested we all go together to explore Lima.

I had a great day. We left in the morning, with the goal of making it to the Pacific. The buses were full as usual. The first part of Lima we traveled to is called Miraflores. There is a touristy mall there with lots of gringo people walking around. We had drinks at a restaurant located on a small cliff overlooking the ocean.

Drinks above the ocean.

The view was pretty cool

Afterwards we found a path down to the beach and helped make America look bad. One of the guys wanted a photo of this large crab that was in a crevice. We decided a good way to coax it out of hiding was to throw coins at it. The crab didn't budge. I'm sure the security guard was looking at us and thinking about how stupid we were, but sometimes the risk is worth the reward. In this case, it wasn't.

Mo Money Mo Problems

We then took a taxi to this food festival located at the center of Lima. After eating a dish called tacu tacu we were immediately assaulted by a camera crew for a local television station. I attempted to use Spanish to badly explain why I was in Peru. They then asked if we wanted to try ceviche, a typical Peruvian dish that I don't care for. I said no, but they convinced one of us, so we followed the camera crew to a random food stand. After the ceviche was eaten, they proceeded to unveil a wonderful surprise. The ceviche had actually been cow testicles. All I can say is that I filled rest of the day with ball jokes. We also got to eat shark (tastes like fish) in a different food stand. Then we headed home.

That's all for now. I can't believe I'm halfway done with my trip. Can't wait to see you all when I get back!