Smells

One of the top ten reasons I love to travel:
The smells.
As weird as that sounds, its true. Smells just stick with me. Every place has its own unique smell and I just love it because weeks or months or years afterwards, I'll be somewhere and out of the blue there is a smell that brings me back to that other place. It happens to me a lot with Arizona and Bolivia, for some reason. I can't really describe their specific smells but they just bring back really vivid memories. Its such a weird, yet cool feeling.
Peru has a very distinct smell. There are definitely disgusting things, like pollution-y smells. And there is kind of an abundance of rotten egg odor. But there are good smells too. Like the eucalyptus trees in the park where I walk every morning. And the mixed-up smell of all the different foods that are being cooked when you walk by restaurants. And the smell of the beach and the ocean.
I'm excited to smell PERU and remember the time I spent here. :)

In other news....in case you didn't know, yesterday was the International Day of Women. It was really weird because I'd never even heard of that before but here people actually say things to you about it. Bethany's host brother said "Congrats on your day!" to the two of us and someone else told me, "Happy Women's Day!" and gave me a kiss on the cheek. So. I know its a day late but...Feliz dia de la mujer to all the lovely women who are reading this! Un beso!