My time here in Lima is winding down. I can’t believe I only have two weeks left. This next week is finals week excluding Tuesday which is a holiday for the pope. I have tests Monday and Wednesday and a take-home test that will be handed out Thursday. Then on the Tuesday of my [...][...]
Posts Tagged ‘University in Lima– PUCP’
“Arte por La Memoria” y Third time´s a charm for Cajamarca!! Por fin!!!!!
Arte por La Memoria Last week during my Justicia class, a group from the organization “Arte por La Memoria” came and presented. We all waited outside while they set up. When we entered, a somber tone was set. We were asked to only sit in chairs with photographs. The group explained the[...]
June 7th, 2010 - 1:00 am § in Journey to Latin America
Day 8: Free Day in Peru!
After Mass, my housemates and I went to El Circuito Mágico del Agua (Magic Water Circuit). We ran into some of the other OU Journey to Latin America students. Two OU students who are studying in Lima for a semester also met with us. I didn’t go to bed until 3 a.m. because we got home [..[...]
June 4th, 2010 - 9:38 pm § in Journey to Latin America
Day 6: Political Friday
I stayed up until 4 a.m. blogging about yesterday because it was the most educational and emotional day thus far. I hadn’t cried in a while, and I shed plenty of tears yesterday. I’m wasn’t sure how I stayed awake today on three hours of sleep, but it happened! The weather is usually c[...]
La playa me ayudó
This week at school was TOUGH. I tried out several different classes, and I was discouraged by many of them. I found that either I couldn’t understand the majority of what the professors were saying or they assigned a LOT of reading (readings that would have been hard enough in english). Bu[...]
Combis y más
On Wednesday, all the exchange students met for an orientation. The University in Lima is very safe–there are guards at all the entrances that only let students with ID’s in (carnet? en castellano). We discussed how foreign exchange students sign up for classes here. Basically, we can t[...]