dance dance!

Saturday Adela took Sarah and me to visit her niece, Laura, in San Isidrio for lunch. Of course lunch didn't happen until about 4pm but it was worth the wait. I had lomo saltado since I'm not a big fan of ceviche. Afterward Laura showed Sarah and me her music collection. It was almost completely in English. She has the lyrics memorized but she doesn't know what they mean. She asked us to listen to the song she had as her wedding song. It was Diana King "Do you really want to hurt me." I think she had thought the lyrics were more romantic since the music is pretty upbeat. As we listened to more of her CDs the 3 of us ended up dancing while the others talked about "adult" things. We didn't get back to the apartment until almost 10pm. That is one intense lunch outing.

Of course one key advantage to living in Latin America is that the guys here know how to dance . . . well! I was feeling bummed about not being able to go to the hockey banquet. A couple of friends from Peru offered to take Sarah and me out dancing. I guess I didn't get enough dancing at Laura's place. This is Latin America where supper is served at 10pm so we didn't head out until almost 1am. Luis and Sergio took us to a salsa club and I got to practice my salsa and merengue. I think the guys were a little surprised that I knew the words to the songs that were playing (gracias ELDB!). It was a ton of fun even if I wasn't one of the greatest dancers ever. It's hard to compete with those who have grown up learning these dances, I started when I was 15. At least I have a entire semester to practice!