Hello Family and Friends!
I have created this blog to share my experiences in Peru with all of you. I fly out of Fargo tomorrow morning and despite blizzard warnings, a 4 a.m. wake up, and the fact that I am TRAVELING TO PERU TO LIVE FOR THREE MONTHS, I am feeling pretty composed at this moment. I'm guessing it won't really sink in that I'll be living in a foreign country until I'm actually on the plane. While there are a number of things that I am nervous about--language barrier, cultural differences, traveling by myself--I mostly feel ready to go.
I will fly into Lima, Peru late tomorrow night and will spend a few days there before making the trip to Cusco, where I will be living with a host family and a couple other American students. The program I am going on is called Experiential Learning Abroad Programs (ELAP) and I will be working with children at an orphanage in Cusco as well as assisting students in a classroom at a school for girls. Along with my internship work, I plan to do quite a bit of exploring while I'm there and have excursions planned for Puno and Lake Titicaca, Puerto Maldonado in the Amazon forest, the Sacred Valley and, of course, Machu Picchu.
Peru has been at the top of my list of places I'd like to visit for a while now and the more I read about the country, the more excited I get to experience its rich culture while improving my Spanish. As of now, I am going to expect the unexpected and keep an open mind. I can only imagine what kind of rewarding and unforgettable experience I am about to have.
The next time I post (hopefully with pictures) it will be from Peru!
Buenas noches,
Maren
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