Hi

I arrived in Peru around 8 am yesterday and got into bed. Luckily one of Kim's roommates is out of town so I got to enjoy a nice nap in a very dark room. Whenever I woke up I headed out with Kim and her friend, Kathy, to grab lunch. We went to a wonderful little restaurant and I had a Lenchu (i could be totally misspelling that) aka pork and a tamale. It was delicioso. The rest of the day consisted of walking around. I was looking for a trek, but ended up going with one I found online because it made me feel safer (based on reviews) though I am positive I got totally ripped off. I met 3 of the people going on the trek from Boston who are grad students in something earthy today when i went into llamapath's office, so it'll be fun! Anyways I slept a solid 10 hours last night which was must needed. This morning i went into the clinic the first year med students are working at. It was fun, very relaxed and tomorrow they are taking an ambulance out to a rural clinic. I'll probably go since it will be a fun adventure and they will be back by lunch. They are doing there research on H. Pylori at a clinic run by nuns so it is definitely different than the states. The nuns have all different jobs- surgeon, secretary, cook. And they provide a ton of food and are so nice. I doubt I'd meet such interesting people if I didn't meet up with Kim. After lunch we walked around the city for the rest of the afternoon. We found this little hole in the wall from lonely planet that serves the best chocolate cake in south america. It reminded me of chocolate chip banana bread, except instead of being excited about the chocolate chips, it was like always getting the chocolate chips. It was yummy but not sure if I'd give it the title of best in south america. I am also really looking forward to tres leches. Tonight will be more food and possibly even salsa! Must say it is so nice to not be studying and instead eating my way through peru. I leave on my trek wednesday morn, get back sunday night and then fly into lima monday. Ill probably stay in a hotel on the beach in Miraflores (thanks mom and dad!) and take a bike tour on tuesday...but who knows! Also i was planning on spellcheck but somehow my phone told blogspot I am in a spanish speaking country and thus this post is in spanish (it is not). Bye!