Will these mornings ever get easier? After about only six hours of sleep I had to drag myself up yet again to go to work. At least I'm on the top bunk so I have to actually get all the way off and down from my bed to turn my alarm off which usually makes me less inclined to hit the snooze button, especially because I have to climb all the way back up to get back to bed. Oh the benefits of not being lazy!
We were late again, or really as usual, and I was feeling pretty guilty as we walked up to the front gates of our work. They were already locked and closed so we rung the doorbell, but no one came. We waited and waited and eventually after about five minutes a woman who I can only presume is the groundskeeper eventually opened the door.
The courtyard was empty and silent, which it never is, and so I went over to my classroom and knocked on the closed door, Hunter did the same with her classroom, but we both received no answer. Confused I climbed on a bench and looked inside but the classroom was empty! The whole school was completely desolate! It was like the zombie apocalypse had finally happened, all over the town things just seemed quieter...
We finally learned that the school was closed for protests that we're going on down in the city center, but I felt annoyed that none of the teachers had bothered to tell us!
We finally learned that the school was closed for protests that we're going on down in the city center, but I felt annoyed that none of the teachers had bothered to tell us!
On the way home we stopped to withdraw money from the bank, but my account was acting weird at the ATM saying it couldn't receive word from my bank. I was worried but thought maybe it would be okay if I tried a different ATM later. We also ran into Matt at the ATM! This is the second time we've run into him out on the streets, even though both places were far away from both of our home stays, the other place being in the Plaza de Arnas the night we tried beef heart (yuck)! Anyway it would have been crazy if it had been the first time, but the second was just so improbable, is he stalking us?! Who knows with Matt! However I'm still the only one that doesn't like him so maybe I'm wrong, maybe.
Neither me or Hunter had ever been to a protest before so we decided to go check out the one going on in plaza de armas. I'm getting used to the city and even navigated us on foot there perfectly! Yes! It's so easy to get lost in these narrow twisting streets and never come out!
These are some serious riot police!
Hundreds and hundreds of people turned out to demand more work, how crazy! It's really interesting to see the attitudes of people here, you would think that living in poverty would be really demoralizing but people here form very, very tight communities that come together as one in times of need, like for this giant protest. It really is inspiring to see the level of love and caring, because in the end that's even more important than being rich.
And we found this beautiful market!
These are some serious riot police! 
Hundreds and hundreds of people turned out to demand more work, how crazy! It's really interesting to see the attitudes of people here, you would think that living in poverty would be really demoralizing but people here form very, very tight communities that come together as one in times of need, like for this giant protest. It really is inspiring to see the level of love and caring, because in the end that's even more important than being rich.
On the street Hunter and I also saw this awesome street artist who did spray paint paintings.
And we found this beautiful market!
In the evening me and German Caroline went to go see some museums, but they turned out to be the worst museums I've ever been too!
This is a display case of Oreos and plastic toys in a museum that was supposed to be about the history of the Incas, without explanation.
In the evening we went salsa dancing where I danced a little bit with the hobbit, and a little with this guy from Israel who we nicknamed hat guy. Hat guy was not fun to dance with. So overall not a good day, between the school being closed, the ATM, the terrible museums, and salsa. Hoping tomorrow is better
