I've spent all day at the school with Megan today. Clive Bailey, the headmaster, took me on the grand tour.
The school is in the very centre of Lima so the noise and traffic
around it is a bit deafening. I will have to get used to it! Its
also a bit like a maze and I can already see myself running around
like a headless chicken looking for the English department or the emergency exits during a fire or earthquake drill! I've not had
a chance to meet any staff yet since the school doesn't actually
start till March.
I'll be helping (or perhaps
hindering) Megan at the admissions desk for the next two weeks to get
me out of the house and hearing Spanish I guess...
I was going to tell you about
church here...the Baileys go to a little church in an area called
Surco as do Megan and MC Martin from Lewis and her husband Erick! Its
a prespyterian church and the service was all in Spanish but I think
I followed it...well most of it anyway. The congregation is about 50
people and they're really nice and friendly. I think I'll be staying
there! Afterwards we all went along to the Bailey's for a wonderful
Sunday roast - Scottish style with mash and veg and gravy ahh! I also
got to see and cuddle MC's new baby Ruth Miriam. She is so tiny and
so gorgeous!
In other news, the Arevalos
came home tonight having been away since before I arrived, in Kawai -
a beach somewhere near Lima (I think). Charmian and Dennis Arevalo
have two little girls Emily (7) and Francesca (Franchie 3) and a boy
Elliot (9). They are a lovely family and very
welcoming. The kids are great fun and everyone speaks English (yeeeh).
I'm off to bed now, a bit
exhausted, must be all the Spanish I'm speaking (not!).