Another day in the amazing Miraflores. Today was especially great because the sun was out for what felt like the first time since we got here. The morning started out fine with breakfast from my lovely host mother Nora. I'm not sure what I would do without her as she did a better job than my alarm clock at making sure I got to school on time. Classes were pretty standard with doing more work on the preterit infinitive tense. I have to say that my favorite part of school is really the conversation part where we practice talking and get to learn about each other.
We spent the afternoon in two places. First we went to the Museo Nacional de Arqueologia, a museum dedicated to the early cultures and structures of the western coast of South America. For example many people associate Peru with the Inca however in doing so they are neglecting almost 15 other cultures that came before which laid the groundwork for the Inca to be so successful. One of the earliest was the Chavín, a now extinct culture that built one of the most archeologically rich areas in Peru. Today at the top of the ruins there exists a temple that has a collection of underground corridors and rooms beneath it. Inside one of the rooms is a giant pillar dedicated to the gods and the different worlds of their beliefs. The museum had a host of other artifacts and replicas of several villages, textiles, pottery, jewelry, and other forms of culture all the way up into the arrival of the Spaniards.
We finished the day touring and enjoying the fountain show at el Circuito Magico del Agua. A park filled with fantastic fountains that were both entertaining and refreshing. The space was huge filled with no less than 12 fountains of enormous size and design. We probably spent the most time playing around one that looked like a maze where water would shoot up through grates to create moving walls and would change in a split second. The night ended with the most amazing light show projected on to a fine mist produced by what felt like a hundred different water jets. It was quite the show of national pride and entertainment starting with the Peruvian emblem to a collection of laser drawings depicting Peru and their founding cultures. If this paragraph still hasn't convinced you how amazing the park was let some photos make it easier. I'll finish with a quote from one of my fellow students "This is way better than the Bellagio."
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