So we arrived in Trujillo around 7 ish in the morning. Ian and Kelsi, the PCVs that led our FBT, met us at the station which was nice because we didn’t have to think very hard about how to find the hostel. The hostel is right near the plaza in Trujillo and it’s in this really neat old colonial building. We had time to settle into our rooms and take showers before everything started. That morning a bunch of the PCVs from La Libertad came to Trujillo to meet us and answer some questions. After the PCV panel we had a scavenger hunt around Trujillo. We had to find various types of stores and food. We didn’t find all of the answers; but Kelsey, Sabrina and I did get invited to a party which was cool even if we couldn’t go. After the scavenger hunt we took a combi out to a town called Huanchaco. It’s a TOTAL surfer town and apparently a pretty cool place to vacation. Since we were on the coast we decided it was only appropriate to have ceviche. Yum! After lunch we walked along the road that lines the beach looking at all the clothes and crafts for sale. We also went on the hunt for dessert. You’ll see this is a theme throughout the week. A good overall explanation is that we ate everything that wasn’t nailed down…..and some of us might have even tried to eat some things that were :-P Anyway, on the hunt for the panqueques house we split an order of picarones. These are the Peruvian addition to the grand culinary tradition of frying bread and covering it in something sweet. Picture a doughnut shaped funnel cake drizzled in honey. A little farther down the beach we found the panqueques in this amazing little restaurant run by a Dutch ex-pat. So we all ordered what amounted to crepes. I got one with chocolate and my friend Nick got one with ice-cream so we could cut them in half and trade. There is a photo of Nick and I each trying to eat a crepe that we rolled up around a scoop of ice cream before it melted all over our hands :-P
Back in Trujillo that night we discovered a great little coffee shop right next door to our hostel, so we piled into the couches and let Richard do tarot readings for us. Later that night Lindsay, Richard, Kerry, Kidist, Jenny and I set off for the mall to see the last Harry Potter movie, but sadly the tickets were more than we thought and not everyone wanted to pay. So instead we got the bright idea to go in search of this pizza place Lindsay knew about. The story was is the guy goes to the states twice a year to buy mozzarella and real pepperoni (which is hard to find around here for some reason). It turns out our directions were not exactly accurate…..an hour and half of running around Trujillo later though we did get some pretty excellent pizza. Nothing like a good food adventure in a new city :-P
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