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The most recent update!
Today was my first official day of University!
I must say right now there is not a lot to say on the subject because I have only attended one class. But it does seem like a noteworthy point to play catch up on everything that I have left out in my absence to the world of blogging.
So I am attending ESAN University in Santiago de Surco in Lima- a good hour and a half bus ride from my house in Pueblo Libre (though today it took me two hours to get there and two hours to get back, just for my one class which comically so was only two hours long). Needless to say I have some long commutes ahead of me, ramming heads with traffic, and some new bus routes to test out.
This is very exciting in one hand, because it is UNIVERSITY!! and I worked very hard to make sure that I was a) considered to go to University instead of back to school b) included in the planning for finding a university for the exchange students and c) communicating everything between my host club, my host family and the exchange president. Basically it was an incredible amount of frustration, questions and consistence that went into this general act and is just very cool that I get to attend University and see how life is like in Peruvian University.
However it also feels very mundane. Slowly all the pieces have been coming together up until this very last minute moment in which we began classes. It feels right to be walking around the campus in street clothes and taking notes in Spanish about Peru's diversity. I guess I would say that I am calmly excited by this very real and new event!
We (the eight exchange students attending this University- the others were sorted out to be attending one of the finest Universities of Lima through their host club) are taking one history/globalization class of Peru. I have this course Mondays from 1-3 and Fridays from 3-5. Lots of reading assignments as homework due for this coming Monday, with a test looming at the end of the month!
We also get to take two 'elective' classes, I am going to take Marinera, the dance of Peru, and Judo because it seems like good fun and exercise.
I think it will be a lot of fun, I have the history class with most everyone, and then Marinera with a few exchangies and Judo on my own. It will be good to have a new focus with work and activities constantly.

All in all I have started University here in Lima and I am very happy about it, looking into various traffic evasion routs, and very much looking forward to my attendance!

I apologize for my complete absence, there really is no real excuse but I hope that I'll keep something new up from now on.