Fiestas Patrias
On July 28, 1821, Peru was liberated from the control of Spain. Fiestas overtake the country in order to celebrate this event. Lucky for...
Semana Santa in Junin
Earlier this year I had plans to go up to Iquitos (Amazon Jungle) during Semana Santa because Peace Corps gives us free vacation days,...
Us versus Them
Usually I am not the type to write on someone’s FB post, but last night I saw a post that brought me back to training and I couldn’t help...
Intercambio de Culturas con Ninos Nov/Dec
Since I didn’t have time last month to talk about my intercambio from November, I’m going to combine two months for this post....
When you knit, I knit, We knit
It shouldn’t be surprising that knitting goes down to the core of Andean culture. Now that I am living in the sierras of Peru with some...