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| Aerial view of the Pacific Ocean cost of Lima! |
Lima is a city that is home to about 10 million people with a variety of neighborhoods and different areas. It's a huge city with tons to see, and it is a city that I will be exploring over the next four months before I return to UW-Platteville to complete my final semester. One of the greatest challenges of this trip is that everything--daily life, classes, life with my host family, places around town--will be in Spanish, meaning that English and I will have to say adios for a little while.
I hope to post updates and pictures regularly. In addition to attending classes at the university, we will have to chance to participate in a number of cultural excursions throughout the semester, including museum visits, a cooking workshop, dance workshop, and observance of Lima's many festivals and traditions. In early September, we will take a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Cuzco to see the famous Machu Picchu, one of the most impressive Inca sites high up in the Andes Mountains. In mid-November, we will journey to another place in Peru called Lunahuana, which is in a river valley known for its natural beauty.
I look forward to sharing the details of my trip with you all, and will see you again once I land back in Wisconsin in December!
