Our favorite part of the trip was Ica, hands down. This was where Bryan spent a lot of his mission, and it was his favorite. I quickly learned why. The family that he lived with down there are amazing! They are so selfless and are willing to give everything they have. We had so much fun eating popcorn, drinking coca cola and playing phase ten. We hung out with the missionaries, and Bry even got to go out tracting with them. It was hard at some points because I don't speak much Spanish. I do understand it, but as soon as they got their tongue's rollin' I couldn't follow anything they said. And of course they couldn't understand me. It made for some fun times. I made Chili for them, and it was hard to try to translate the English words into Spanish, especially when Bry was gone and it was just me and the family who only speaks Spanish. I was sitting in the kitchen with the mom, Florabel and I was trying to describe "Onion" in English, and then in Spanish. We were drawing, pointing, and using sign language. I finally figured it out when I found it--it's a word I'll never forget. Cebolla. ha. we also got to go sand boarding and dune buggying (is that a word?). that was so fun, but kinda scary. the driver was only 19 and would race up and down the dunes. I swear we were gonna die. but it was so fun.
I guess I should mention how cool Macchu Picchu is. No matter how many times I look at our pictures, I still find it so amazing. I loved hearing the stories, and learning their culture. We went before the sunrise when hardly anyone was up there. It was so awesome to see the sun rise above the mountain and see the light shine on Macchu Picchu. I recommend everyone to go there!!
