You know you had a good time if you spend the next day in bed

Friday night was a long, fun night. We started the evening at the apartment of one of the students from school. His apartment was a little small, which was good for forcing people who don't know each other to talk and get to know each other. There was music, food and drinks, and a mix of people from school and locals as well. At about midnight the party moved to a dance club called Sargent Pepper's. It was really fun. The space was like a big courtyard with barstools and countertops in one section, and a big dance floor in another. There was also a separate room kind of outside with tables and chairs. The music was mostly from the USA, with a few latin songs mixed in. After we were all sweaty and tired we hopped in a cab and headed to a casino. Brent learned how to play a new poker game and was very successful. I, on the other hand, stuck to blackjack and had my usual bad luck. At about 5am I called it a night and walked back to the apartment. Brent didn't leave till they shut the place down at 6am!
Needless to say, our Saturday was a little slow in starting and consisted mostly of eating and sleeping. I did some laundry and we had indian food delivered.
Sunday we got off to an early start. We walked down to the Larcomar (the outdoor mall on the ocean) and had the breakfast buffet. Oh my God it has been sooooo long since we have had breakfast! Sausage, eggs, french toast- it was great. After breakfast we took a walk down to the ocean and watched the surfers. It is really easy to get lessons to learn, there are booths set up about every 50 feet were you can sign up. Brent and I are both considering giving it a try before we leave. Then we headed up to catch a double decker bus tour of the historical parts of the city outside of Miraflores (our barrio).
The downtown portion of Lima, while it has many old and beautiful buildings, is very dirty. Not with garbage or graffiti, but with the smoke from cars and buses. All the buildings had a black film on them and after we were done, I felt like I had a film on me as well. We got to see a lot of neat churches and palaces, but my favorite place was the catacombs under the monastery. There we piles and piles of bones and skulls- creepy! When we returned home we were worn out and called it a night so we would be ready for our next week of school on Monday. I have a bit of homework from class today so...
Later!