a quick first post from peru

Arrived at around 6am and I was amazed at the Lima airport - so bright and spacious and clean, like Scandinavia almost! With ladies dressed in bright orange outfits working at the duty free shop. My cab driver was amazingly kind, speaking really slow Spanish for me and clarifying vocabulary words, such as the difference between garua and niebla, and pointing out old viviendas that la gente de plata (rich people) live in.

We go on a city tour at 9am, and I'm heading upstairs now to take a shower. I fear taking a nap would do more harm than good at this point... I did sleep quite a bit on the plane, where I sat next to 2 limeños, a mom and 14-yr-old son... he was so cute, listening to rock music on his headphones and then curling up and snuggling with mom during the night. They were very curious about me and asked even about the over-21 wristband I was wearing from going to the wine tasting at the Washington, DC barbeque festival. (¿Para què es eso?)

If you have asked me to send you a postcard from Perù (or even if you haven´t and would like me to send you a postcard), could you (¿por favor!) email your mailing address to me at marjorieschreiber@yahoo.com? In my scurries I have left all snail mail addresses at home. ¡¡Gracias!!

If you would like to write me a letter in Perù (I would love it!) here´s my address for the next 5 weeks. It apparently takes a week to ten days for letters to get here from the USA.

Rosa ZANABRIA
Para: Marjorie SCHREIBER
Urb. Campiña paisajista B-7 San Lázaro Cercado
Arequipa
PERU

¡Hasta pronto!