Welcome to my Home!

Everything has been going really well for me in Peru! I have now been here for over a month and have settled in very well. I have really enjoyed my host family and have had the opportunity to meet many interesting, fun people.

In Cusco, I live in a very quiet, safe neighborhood in a nice, relatively large home. I am going to give you a tour of my Peruvian home and neighborhood!

Here is a view of the front of my house...

Upon entering the house, this is the view you will find...

To the right of the main entryway is the sitting room area. We don't use this room much and I hardly ever sit in there...

Adjacent to the sitting room is the dinning room. Again, it is not used much but I have eaten in there once when we had a large group of family and friends over for lunch one Sunday afternoon...

Here is the kitchen! It is not huge but is more than sufficient. There is always delicious food cooking and it usually smells really good...

Here is a view of the other side of the kitchen. We eat all our meals at this table here. I am particularly fond of the bright green walls...

If you exit out the back door in the kitchen, you will find a lovely courtyard and garden area. I enjoy playing with the children in my host family back here and we've spend a lot of time playing soccer, basketball and any other game that the kids can think up...

Back in the house, my room is found at the top of the stairs. There are four bedrooms total upstairs and mine is the one with the open door on the left side of the photo...

Here is my bedroom! It is fairly good sized and is more than sufficient for my needs...

Additionally, I have my own bathroom, which is awesome. I don't mind sharing when I have to, but it sure is nice to have it to myself and I am very thankful for that...

Here is another view of the courtyard taken from the window in my bedroom. I have a very nice, large window that provides a lot of natural sunlight. Also, I should note that there are more bedrooms on the other side of the courtyard. We often have house guests and they typically stay over there...

 
Back outside, here are a couple of pictures of the street I live on...

 Across the street is a very nice park! There are various swings, seesaws, a slide, and other playground equipment in addition to two small soccer fields! I have played soccer with the kids in my host family as well as with the guys who play there too. Soccer is definitely a very popular sport here...

I am really happy with where I live. Not only is it a nice house in a nice neighborhood, but it is very conveniently located to most places I like to go. It takes me about 15 minutes by bus to get from the front door of my house to the health center where I am currently volunteering. There is a brand new, super nice mall that opened about 6 weeks ago and is located about 20 minutes away by foot. I have found an awesome Christian church that is about 10 minutes away by foot. I couldn't have asked for a better place to live and hope you enjoyed the tour!