Never leave home without jeans.
ISL told me not to bring jeans, and for some reason, I heeded their advice. Why? I have no earthly idea. All I know is that I ended up staying in a 4 star hotel in the historical district of Lima...and I didn't have jeans to wear, when we went out to eat every single night. Nor did I have at least 1 nice top or neutrals like tanks or v-necks. And you know how I get about clothes (or now you do). Haha, so I ended up wearing khakis every night. Khakis purchased at Goodwill after ISL's handbook told me that I shouldn't bring clothes I wanted to keep. I think I'm going to rewrite the "Getting Ready to Go" guide because it made me think I was going to a remote Peruvian village. Which, I'll add, some people do with ISL. Plenty stay in huts in Costa Rica or in the Amazon jungles. But we were in central Lima. Honestly, my only complaint of the trip- Begrudgingly looking terrible...constantly. Thank God for my charm.
Here is my second email from Lima:
Greetings again! Just wanted to drop in and tell you that the trip is going wonderfully.
We have successfully completed 2 days of clinical work and 2 days of house visits (we go from door to door in the communities to make clinic appointments). Today I did souvenier shopping. Too much fun. Peru is just in general a very cool place (I am loving that I can practice my spanish) and this trip is absolutely amazing. Hope everything back home is doing well. Give Alex, Hayden, Chevy, and Maggie a hug for me!!! Will be writing again soon. Heard about the Natalie Holloway Dutch man murdering someone in Lima this past weekend. Don´t worry though, we always travel in one big group with our advisors. Plus, he´s supposedly in Chile now and luckily none of us are retarded enough to go back with a rando person to their house. That is creepy. And he is psycho.
brazos y besos (hugs and kisses),
Katherine
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