Orientación

Today was the first day of orientation. I knew it was going to be fun since all the international students would be there. Of course as soon as I sit down I find out I'm sitting with a group of Badgers. (mom and dad, you should be proud) Apparently there are 15 of them here so there's no escape!! The first thing one of them said to me when I said hello was "Pura vida mae!" Just imagine the most pale Irish American you know, with natural bleach blond hair, and I'm thinking . . . there's no way you're from Costa Rica. Of course it was one of the people from Madison. After the introduction session we had about an hour and a half before the next one so I met up with the Costa Rican Badger, a girl from the Netherlands, a guy from Colombia, and another from Peru. I was cool to hear the different accents. Sarah joined us at one point and we all went to the next orientation thing. We went into an auditorium so that one of the organizers could tell us to go back outside so we could meet our "compañeros PUCP", students that are supposed to help us out during our time here. I guess we were supposed to be telepathic and instantly know who our buddy was because there was no system after that. There was free Inca Kola!! Always a plus. I finally found my compañera. Her name is Manuela and she's really nice. She's studying law so we had something to talk about. For some reason I have a hard time understanding her. I'm not sure why since I really haven't had that problem since I've gotten here.

Ok, so a recap of what I learned:
1. We will pick our classes tomorrow.
2. We will have a seminar on safety in Lima tomorrow.
3. Classes start Monday.
4. The international student houses throw the best parties, starting Thursday nights (many of them are from Madison so go figure).
5. Have an Inca kola!

1, 2, and 3 were on the calender we got in the mail but hey I'd do it all over again for an Inca Kola :) A side note, on the walk back home, apparently tall blonde girls shouldn't wear dresses, must be too much for the locals to handle.