let me just tell you...

Day 1:

I was attacked by a dog! (The dogs own the town I am in-Urubamba, if one comes after you, you have to be strong and throw rocks at it) Emily-1 Dog-0

No need to worry, I had my ginormous Scotish dancing sword as backup if the rocks failed. Come on, try me, get in my grill...

At about mid-day, I was propositioned for intimate relations on my way home for lunch with my host family.

not what i meant by tapping Peru!

I LOVE PERU!

I have fallen in love with this place. It might be one of the most beautiful places I have ever been...not just the landscape...which is incredible, but the people are fantastic, and the way of life is so inviting. My host family is great, but there are a lot of them. I have no idea what all of there names are...is that bad? All the family members are at my house all the time...it´s great, I love it. My project while I am here is building ceramic stoves in the adobe huts of small communitites outside of Urubamba...again...awesome! Our project coordinator is a man by the name of Javier and he is a complete joy and is extremely intelligent and knows soooooo much about Peru´s history and the Incas and probably anything else you might want to know. Ahhh...there is so much to tell you all! Nonetheless, I am learning spanish much faster than expected...I can have conversations with people and it has been less than a week. I am also learning Quechua, which is the native language of the Incan people. I love that too! Seriously, what is not to love about Peru?

I think that God has to be delighted with me to allow me to have this experiences...there is no other explanation. I love you all dearly, and I can´t wait to come home and tell you all about this place, and at the same time, I already know that leaving will be quite difficult. I really feel that many of these people are my family!!

Blessings to you all!

Emily