Arequipa

Right so sorry for not updating in a while, just after it deleted my last massive update I didnt have the will to re-do it. Hence this is gonna ve to be an abreviated version, though I dont seem particularly able to shorten things so we´ll see. And i apologize in advance for any typos however this computer only has like 8 keys with letters on, the rest have faded away! lol
Anyways, so I´ve been here in Arequipa for almost a week now amd have been pretty busy. So from where I left off being happily asleep, I was rudely poked awake at 6 in the morning, so i could be given breakfast. Not that i wanted to get up, but once the horrendous music was turned on full blast and then the lights came on, not to mention movie cats and dogs playing in the background, even i found it hard to go back to sleep. Anyways, arrived all well in Arequipa and was picked up from the bus station adn taken to meet the family im staying with. The lady has two grown ip daughters one of which is married and lives elsewhere with her husband and son santiago. and the other who lives in the house. First day had a wlaking tour of the city, and we did some serious walking! Did i mention that its really warm here,as is calleed the city of eternal blue sky or something like that methinks. Anyways was totaslly knackered after the four hour walk, but still had to find the office for the volunteering organizarion here in Arequipa as I´d said i´d pop in when i arrived to sort stuff out. Turned out it was back n the centro so ha to walk the 20 mins back there, only to spend another 20 mins loooking for the office. Gave up in end and went to internet cafe to check the afddress. Was on the third floor of a building which explains why i couldnt find it fromt he street! Got tht all sorted and for those of you who dont know, I´m teaching english in a school for my month here in ther afernoons. My mornings are filled with spanish lessons! :) God knows why I decided to take lessons for 4 hours when I struggled to concentrate through a one hour lesson at school?
So between the lessons in the morning and the teaching in the afternoon, all in all, m week is pretty busy. Tuesday was my first day at the school and so went with som others as is 30/45 mins  by combi(small dangerous forms of transport, effectively a camper van acting as a bus). Then on Wednesday was day before easter hols, so school was easter themed. And in playtime we did a treasure hunt ending at la cancha (playground) where one of the volunteers was dressed as a giant easter bunny, much to the kids delight. They all got given chocolate by the easter bunny and then proceeded to chase it round for the next half hour. All in all a good day! Not to mentin when i got back, the cash machine gave me money! (Obvs u wuill be unaware of this, but i kinda ran out of money opn Mday and then my card was rejected from a large selection of machines accross the city! = not good)
Tuesday was really long day as had lessons in morning, then had to head into centro to got to office to meet up with ´chief´´ voluinteer at school, as didnt know how to get there, so only had enough time to power walk there, grab an empanada, have mycard rejected from 4 more machines and then head off to the school. After school, went back with the other volunteers to the volunteer house for the weekly meeting, so got the chance to meet the others who work at orphange as well. However, meant i didnt get homw until 9.30 having left that morning at 8.45!
It was semana santa here from thursday to today, so whilt i still had spanish classed in the morning there was no school in the afternoon. Thursday i headed into el centro as there was supposed to be lots to see. However there really wasnt anything so went to internet cafe and had long chat with fam and major update session only for it all to be deleted!But when i left  the cafe it was dark and there were just people everywgwre! Also there were tons of people ion the street selling food and drinks all over the place. I decided to follow the crwds and go between the churches. On my way i bumped into some guy who´d been in my sandboarding group in Huacachina, then in my hostel in Nazca and now in the street in Arequipa! Decided three times was too much so stopped to chat. Was German, so natur spoke perfect english aswell1 Turns out he´s following roughly the same route as me though going to Bolivia instead of Ecuador. Anyhows, spent the evening with him, we followed all the locals between allt the churches. Aparently its a tradition to visit the churches on this dday though ur supposed to go to at least 7, but being unaware of this we only went to 5.Also got to try the food on offer. Had a really nice kebab that i was told was llama! Also strawberries and marshmallows coated in chocolate. Then there was some strange drink tthunk called poncha? Anyways tasted like christmas to me as it turns out it had cloves in it. Though stupidly i had mine ´con leche´which didnt as you might think mean with milk, instead it was creamed cocnut! Rather interesting taste not gonna lie!
However, Friday was like the opposite as there is nothing that goes on! It´s officially the day of rest, with the only event being a special three hour mass! Considering i cant cope with the normal one hour one..... wasnt gonna happen! And was actually a good thing as come evening i was feeling pretty miserable. Unbelievably cold considering was warm outside, and a killer headache, so actually wnet to bed at like 8.30 and slept for 13 hours! Felt a lil better the next morning though still not great so had a pretty relaxd day. Just went to the big centro commercial to have a look round then in the evening thyere was extended family coming for dinner so stayed there. Though have to say when like 10 people all speak spanish really quickly asnd all over each other is a lil hard for me to follow, ten on top of that they were talking politics! lol Anyways, i also played a bit with Santiago (2 1/2) who never runs out of energy, he is like on the go all the time. We´d been playing cards earlier which was really him hiding them all under a rug then getting them all out again, or me and his dad making a mimni card tower, and Santiago knocking it over!
Today, again kinda relaxed, didnt actually leave house till gone 12. then went to participate in a lil bit of retaiol therapy. Also gave in to a lil bit of vanity when i found straightners for a fiver! lol Other than that jsut had an interesting convo with the fam, as i could hear and see them but they couldnt hear or see me. So i had to type all me replies,though mom seemed to struggle with the concept of giving me time to reply before moving onto the next question and then getting confused as i was still replying to something said earlier! But all worked out!
Sorry if that wasnt in the most logical order, was just kinda putting thingsa as i remebered them! ;)
Am gonna copy this into something else before i post it just in case, as seriously coulkdnt face doing it again!!!