What's happening to me???!!!

Right now Maruja (my host mom) has an old friend of her husband's visiting from San Francisco. He is a really funny and eccentric guy and his name is Cesar. He has a productions company and a salsa club in SF. Anyways, we went out to eat with Tio Cesar (all of the kids here call adults either Tio or Tia, which means Uncle/Aunt...regardless of whether or not they are actually related.), Tio Loco (yes! That means Crazy Uncle...I don't even know his real name...haha!) and Tio Ponzon. They were Maruja's husband, Jaime's three closest friends. We went to one of the best restaurants in Lima. It was SO GOOD. At first I didn't know what the heck I was going to eat because EVERYTHING on the menu was fish/seafood. Luckily I didn't have to make a decision because we just ordered a bunch of dishes to try...but they were all things that I never would have tried had I not been forced to. And I was forced to. :)
Things I ate:
-Ceviche (raw fish marinated in lime juice with onions and other vegetables)
-Tiradito (raw fish sliced really really thinly in some kind of sauce)
-Oysters
-Shrimp with a spicy concoction of vegetables and sauce
and...(I can't BELIEVE I ate this!!!)...Escargot!!!!!!
Throughout the whole lunch I was thinking to myself, "WHO am I??? I would normally never even try this stuff!!" but it was really delicious and I am really glad they coerced me into tryting everything. (The escargot I could probably have lived without...but everything else was great.)
Anyways, I think that is one of the main things I am gaining from this experience. I'm just much more willing and excited to try things. You kind of have to be when you're in a situation like this.