Meredith's Peruvian Adventures

The last week of the program was kind of a blur, and I didn't find time to keep up the blog! On Friday, the ladies from the church went...

At long last, I finished both my paper (it wound up being 35 pages and another good 10 pages of indices) and the powerpoint to accompany...

I was successfully able to be productive for most of the day, and then in the evening I was invited to a birthday party for a couple...

On Saturday, I spent the morning working on my paper and then the rest of the day with my church friends, whom I’m really going to miss...

Shoutout to the birthday girl, my best friend Kaela Wilber! I woke up this morning with a resfriado, just a garden-variety cold, nowhere...

I finally wrapped up with interviews and at long last began to sort through my data and begin writing my final 25-page paper. Just about...

We had our talent show today, hosted at the office building, and the staff prepared a bunch of snacks and even a cake for the birthday...

This morning, Beatriz came to church with me, since she was feeling rather bored. She asked what I’d been up to yesterday, and when I...

This morning, I went out for breakfast at everyone’s favorite creperie in San Blas for crepes and hot chocolate. Since it’s Saturday, the...

On Thursday, I got another interview done and then spent the rest of the afternoon “working” (read: catching up on Jane the Virgin—it’s a...

I acquired 8 interviews over the course of these last 3 days, which is great news for my project and not so great news in the fun...

Happy Mother’s Day! My friend who’d lent me the nail polish, etc. came to church with me to laugh at me, but I think everything went...

I got a couple more interviews today, and one of my friends lent me bright red nail polish and lipstick, a big sunhat, and some stylish...

This morning, my church friend (who is a high school teacher, at the tender age of 24) invited me to her students’ Mother’s Day...

Today I decided to turn over a new leaf and ditch my project advisor, Ricardo, and San Jerónimo and just start interviewing people I...

Today was quite a frustrating day. I met my project advisor, and she took me to meet this Ricardo guy who was supposedly going to connect...

As I still could not begin working on my project, I decided to go explore the city a little more with my host mom’s goddaughter Beatriz...

My advisor had rescheduled for today, but the person she was trying to introduce me to (to be my point of contact with the community I...

I wasted most of Friday waiting for my project advisor to tell me when she was free to meet me, but she never replied. Finally, I gave up...

I woke up bright and early again today to go to the famous lagoon (Humantay) 3 hours away from Cusco. After the long drive, we had a good...