Classes!

Classes have officially begun. None of us extranjeros will be officially registered until Monday, so this week is serving as "shopping week" in which we get to try out classes that we think we want to take to make sure that we understand the professor and the work load is something we can handle. This has been very useful, and there are a few classes I thought I really wanted to take that I'm no longer interested in as well as a few classes that I'd like to take that I hadn't thought about before.
Hopefully, my final line up will result in my having classes only three days a week: Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, for a total of 12 credits. This will give me long four day weekends for travel and shenanigans. I've heard terrible rumors about the chaos that is registration, so I'm going to have to put on a patient face and prepare to not get the classes I want while hoping for the best. Cross your fingers :)

On the buses, sometimes people get on, explain that they are poor, and then attempt to sell people inexpensive goods like candy or stress balls in order to help support them. Today, a guy got on the bus, made a little speech about his poverty, and proceeded to stick a nail up his nose. He then walked around the bus with the nail still lodged in his nasal passage and held out his hand asking for donations. If I hadn't been so shocked and mildly disgusted, I probably would have given the guy a couple soles, because you've got to admit that's pretty impressive.
I love you Lima.
Abby