The fourth day was kind of a long- short day if you know what I mean. It felt very long, but we didn't really do a ton of stuff. The first thing that day was a viewing of the lovely San Francisco, which is made of a light colored volcanic rock that is native to Arequipa. We walked to the Santa Catalina monastery next and waited for a while to enter. The tour of the inside was awesome. There are actual nuns living there (we didn't see any though.) We got to see how the nuns lived so many years ago. It seems like an impossible life to me! When we left I bought a little cross that says Peru. I love it and wear it almost all the time now.
The courtyard of Monasterio de Santa Catalina
Next we drove in the general direction of Tacna before stopping for lunch. Lunch consisted of many... huhmmm.... "interesting" things. Pig trotters, for one, and a meat that I think was Alpaca. Also a stuffed pepper that was made with a pepper that I thought was bell, until I took a good sized bite and found myself doubled in mouth pain. It was soooo spicy!!! The kicker was the cuy, or guinea pig. You could really see the form left of the little guy and it was difficult to get past that (even worse when other exchange students decided to make a puppet...) Cuy tastes very good though. Like chicken, but super tender.
We drove after lunch until Tacna, arriving at midnight to be greeted by some members of the Tacna Rotary Club. It was really amazing to have somebody that excited to see you!
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