What a whirlwind the last couple of days have been! To share a little of what we've been up to since our arrival on late Monday evening, I will start with nuestra llegada (our arrival). After departing Eugene, Oregon bright and early Monday morning (4:30am) we enjoyed short layovers in both San Francisco and Houston, we arrived with the Peruvian Inbound GSE Team just before 10pm on Monday. Being accompanied by the Inbound team made the our arrival not only easy but also one of great celebration as we were not only greeted by our own host families and members of district 4110, but also by the families of those returning. Many kisses, flowers and globos (or balloons) were shared. Here are a few pictures we hope you enjoy. . .
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We are all settling in nicely with our first host families and are quickly adjusting to the changes in culture and language. In fact, I have been very much impressed with how well we are all communicating and how much we've learned in just a few days. We are sure to see some significant improvement in our language skills by the end of this month. Each of our experiences thus far have been very different as we all are staying with different host families around this very large city of more than 9 million people. Because Lima is so large, they have divided the city into numerous neighborhoods or districts. Each neighborhood has their own municipal and can house more than 20,000 people each. Understanding and getting to know these different neighborhoods is not only important to understanding the culture of Peru in general but also how Rotary is structured in Lima. We are learning that each of these neighborhoods maintains it own Rotary club, there is on occasion a neighborhood that may be so large that it has more than one club but this is rare. Also, we are learning that club here are much smaller than in Oregon, containing on average 20 or 25 members each. But we will keep you posted as we learn more.
We wanted to share with you a also a few photos from our Welcome Dinner. We enjoyed an amazing dinner at a restaurant called El Hornero which featured many of Peru's famous meet dishes. We ate like queens and kings and had the honor of dinning with Rotary District Governor July Gereda de Carlin along side our host families. Here are a few photos to enjoy. Cheers!
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| District Governor July Gereda de Carlin |
Sincerely,
Team Colibri
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