Sunday, February 27-

Our two homestay organizers and Spanish teachers are Malena and Pepe of Juanjo Spanish School. They lead classes in two downstairs rooms of their multi-story house in the Yuanahuara neighborhood of Arequipa. Somehow they juggle having four kids, teaching hours of Spanish each day, and running a business. Malena told me that she hasn’t taken a vacation in 10 years!

I caught the students looking a bit weary after their first afternoon of Spanish class with Pepe:

And Malena:

Before our meeting on the roof of Pepe and Malena’s house, I snapped this photo of the group in the light of sunset. It’s my favorite picture from the entire trip.

The full resolution photo is available here: https://picasaweb.google.com/blakeboles/UASouthAmerica2011

Finally, we found this little bugger on the walk home. Looks like he had a run-in with someone’s boot. I’m glad it wasn’t with my flip-flopped foot.