Update from Peru - Bob Blazich
Greetings from warm and sunny Peru. It looks like you've been having a very mild winter back in Wisconsin, but I can assure you that the weather here is far better.
Hi of 82 on a hot day and 78 on a cool day. Evenings are at about 70, so it's perfect weather for walking and eating out at a favorite sidewalk restaurant.
Jan and I are now up to teaching seven mornings a week. There are so many English classes at our school and we're here for so little time (10 weeks this time), that we really can't sit around on Sunday mornings and read the Journal-Sentinel. Most of the advanced students attend classes on weekends when they aren't working or going to school. and these are the students we didn't see last year. In addition to teaching at our Rotary-supported school, I'm also teaching English to some business people in our apartment building (actually, it's a mix of offices and apartments).
I have to confess that I haven't done a whole lot via email this trip. I'm only taking care of committee business for Logemann and the Historical Society. I've posted several photo albums on Facebook, and that's where I'll probably continue to do most of my communicating. I hope Sunrise members will join me on Facebook if they aren't already active on it.
I'm attaching two items ... The first is a link to the 360-degree view of Plaza Mayor which is right below our 7th story window. In fact the presidential palace is the first building to my left, city hall is the first building to my right, and the national cathedral is directly across the square from our apartment. It's an amazing place to be. We're in the heart of old Lima!! Go to http://panorammer.com/panoramas/4_plazadearmaslima_f.php
The second attachment is a picture of Jan and me along with the DG, DG-elect, and DG nominee. The picture was taken at a Chinese New Year's party last Friday night. Jan and I will be going to a small town up the coast in two weeks to spend a weekend with them again. We also have some other Rotary meetings and events on our calendar in the 6-7 weeks that we have left here.
If there's room in the next newsletter, please pass along our greetings!!
Bob and Jan
PS We had a new experience ... an earthquake!! It actually hit about 200 miles south of us, but our bed gave us a gentle ride for about 30 seconds or so. Sorry, but I didn't take any pictures!!