As November is finally upon us, it is time to begin planning in earnest for our trip to Peru. We booked the flights months ago, but since then there's really not been much to do except wait. At last, it's time to scramble for hepatitis shots, malaria pills, domestic flights from Lima to Cuzco, and hotel reservations for that first night in Lima.
Sometimes I think that planning the whole mess is just as much fun as the trip itself.
We were at the library today, returning some Spanish language instructional CDs, and we thought to check out a travel guide to El Salvador, because we have a 6 hour stopover there on the way down from Los Angeles and we're hoping to find something cool to see near the airport. As we browsed the travel aisle, a lady came to the same place and started looking at books on Brazil. I mentioned to Chris that there didn't appear to be anything available for El Salvador.
"Oh, are you going there?" The lady, who was Latina, turned around with her face all lit up. I told her our situation and she said that she has lots of family that lives in El Salvador, and that if we emailed her she could ask them for their opinions on things to see. We totally jumped on the chance and I just got done emailing her. Our adventure has begun already.
According to her business card, she is a coach for the Colorado Storm, a big youth soccer organization here. She was getting books on Brazil for her son, who is leaving on Tuesday to attend a monthlong soccer clinic there. Imagine learning the sport from the Brazilians. Amazing.
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