August 22: how many beds can you fit in one taxi?

Monday morning I forced myself out of bed to go shopping with John William, Keren and Ali. John William had offered to help us find everything, so I didn’t want to miss out. On our way to the market we ran into Kyle, who reminded us that there was still cake at CA Café; which we promptly went and ate. Nothing like a healthy breakfast to start the day, huh? We actually did a great job on a shopping adventure. I bought a mattress, sheets, blanket and the other girls bought bed frames. It turns out that in Peru, if you want to test out a mattress, it’s perfectly acceptable to ask for the mattress to be put down on the ground or even the road if the store is too small. Sometimes you even get to go up tiny, creepy stair cases into weird storage attics too look at MORE mattresses. This is why I do everything in groups in Peru :-P
After piling all of our purchases into some taxis and storing them at the hostel, we decided to take the guys out to lunch to say thanks for all their help. Nothing like a little menú in the afternoon. Menú is just a set of meals you can pick from for a set price. It’s pretty cheap and generally good, both very important when living on a peace corps budget :-P
That night we mostly just hung around the hostel. There’s internet at the hostel, so we all got caught up on emails and stuff. There’s also a kitchen so we cooked instead of going out. I think there were plans to watch a movie, but after multiple nights of little sleep I was in bed before ten. Excellent!