to falling in like on a warm summer's night and to my young and wild days, may they not be over yet.

What I ate

The best ice cream of my life: pineapple and passion fruit

Empanadas filled with tomatoes, onions, and corn; kiwi/plum 

 Tomato and lettuce salad, pelon, potato with cheese, grilled vegetables, and bread

 plum, bread, and pasta with grilled vegetables

choripan/Pepsi 

 hot dogs and alfajores = best lazy day meal ever

coke, pelon, and empanadas of tomato, corn, and caramelized onion 

Tomato and lettuce salad, bread, tortilla (potato and egg type of omelet), coke 

peruvian hamburger and fries (best i've ever had) 

 cheesy onion and garlic pasta with tomatoes and basil, bread, fresh fig/grapes

Passion fruit/strawberry smoothie 

cabbage/lentil/potato soup, peach, bread 

egg rolls, soy sauce, peaches, and lettuce, tomato, cucumber, grape, onion salad

making hummus 

tart with thousands of vegetables 

basil goes on everything 

cantaloupe, cafe con leche, bread with cheese and jelly 

steak made of soy protein and vegetables, pelon, shredded carrots with vinegar/oil, and eggs 

fried street flatbread 

grapes, bread, omelet, and tomatoes with Italian seasoning, salt, pepper, vinegar, and oil

Thought I'd share what I've been eating over the past month! 

I just finished another semester's worth of Spanish in a month, so I will be beginning the next two months of Spanish in about a week (advanced level!). This upcoming week in Spring Break, and I will be going to Mendoza for six days, wine country of Argentina:

so excited!

i went to Carnaval this weekend. everything was so unexpected; it was an insane and colorful and almost surreal adventure.

lately i've been trying to plan my life for when i return to the real world; that is, the u.s. 

i was going to take an internship in another state far from virginia, but i've begun to realize that once you are away from family for a long time, those things fall by the wayside and you want nothing more than to live one last time with the people you love most in this world.

it's quite sad that a childhood must end.

Project 365, Day 15

Day: I didn't have school because the new study abroad kids arrived this past Saturday, so today they had to take their placement tests which meant no class! I stayed home for most of the day, but went to La Bomba de Tiempo again just like last Monday. And just like last Monday, it was so much fun. The 14 percussionists are amazingly talented.

"Feeling the palpable, pulsing energy of everyone around you. Feeling your heart rate change with the beat of the drums. Sharing the experience with wonderful people. Pure magic."

Picture: Tried this out for the first time with my grandfather's old shirt.

Project 365, Day 14

Day: Got up early and went to El Tigre. It's about 30 minutes outside the city and has a slower pace of life on the river. We had planned on going there by train, then taking an hour boat ride to a private beach on the river, but of all the boats available and the thousands of beaches, only one boat was operating and going to one public beach. 

So, we decided once we got to El Tigre to walk through El Puerto de Frutos, a street market held every weekend. We sat down at an outdoor restaurant and they drank fresh fruit juices and ate choripan. Afterward, we found a beautiful grassy spot and set up camp where we stayed for four hours, and enjoyed 70 cent dulce de leche/vanilla swirl cones from the McDonald's a couple feet away from us (you can kind of see the yellow 'M' in the top right of the last picture below).

Picture: ... it was wonderful.

xo amanda