Day 10- Lima

Today, I woke up and had breakfast, then went to class from 9am-1pm. As part of my culture class, I have to listen to a short story (which my professor sent to me as a music file) and present it with Rachel next week.

After school, my classmates and I headed over to the Museo Nacional de Arqueologia, Antropologia, e Historia del Peru.

We decided to eat at a nearby restaurant, where I ordered chicken, rice a salad and a beer. We had to meet at the Museum at 3pm for a tour, which lasted an hour and a half. We saw various sculptures, pottery, textiles, metals and replicas of Macchu Picchu and more.

Mummies! They were buried in the fetal position so that they'll be reborn in the next life.

ceramics with sex positions... pretty much the kama sutra of Peru

The National Museum of Archeology, Anthropology and History of Peru is the oldest state museum of the country and is constituted in the headquarters of the National System of Museums of the State. It contains information about the Preincan, Incan, Colonial and Republican eras. 

Afterwards, some of my classmates and I walked to Avenue Brasil, which we were told had lots of cheap souvenir shops. Once we got there, though, we realized there was nothing there. The closest tourist place was 16 blocks away in total, so we decided to walk to a nearby bakery instead. I ordered tres leches cake, which was probably the best desert I've had here. I had tried it once before from a Mexican bakery in North Carolina, but that paled in comparison.

It was almost 6pm by that time, so I got into a cab and went back to my hotel. I ate dinner with my family. My host father's niece (sobrina) was visiting, and she cooked us some steak and noodles, which was very delicious. I felt bad because I had to do homework and couldn't spend too much time with them. I went to sleep and tried to catch up on some rest.