Living in Peru : your everyday companion

Hi Celeste,

I just created a new discusion thread under Meet Friends on the Forum section of this newsletter under "Expats or friends of Peru that have returned to Peru."  This would be a good way for any American/European or Peruvian expats that are thinking of returning to Peru to live/retire or they are already living in Peru.

Best Regards,
Peru08

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Great!! I love the idea.

Celeste [REPLY]

Hi,
I am so glad to hear that some of you would like to create a forum to stay in touch and probably meet in Peru.  The best is that some of us would like to do some volunteering in Peru!  I think we can create a forum in this magazine and stay in touch.

Neri

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We are missionary in Peru (english speaking). Looking for spanish teacher who are able to teach us during weekdays morning.

If you are interested, please email me at csiew_yee@hotmail.com. [REPLY]

Great "novel"...I'm glad that Cusco is not and will not become like some of those Asian countries where sex is a buss.,with children offerings.For the most part,foreiners,specially adult ones,will seek sexual and passioned adventures,in most cases,in 3rd world countries.
I,m glad Ron found a new horizon even if it doesn't last...there's new hope for a guy to feel better for his previous accomplishments.Life will give and then will take...it away
My question is...Richard,what are you doing in Cusco? [REPLY]

Hi,

.. I saw the interview to Carsten Korch through: http://lahabitaciondehenryspencer.com/ site, and that's how I arrived to this site, is a pretty cool one!! :).

I'm a peruvian but sometimes I have trouble over the phone also, is true that we tend to speak faster over it! but you can always ask to speak a little bit slow to understand better people would always make an effort.

I lived a year in Paris as an interchange student, and there I notice some other thing: in Peru most of the people tend to use the telephone not just as a tool to exchange information ( you "have to" ) but also      "just for calling" . Have you noticed it? dont you find yourself sometimes at the end of a conversation thinking "what was it for?" ..sometimes that's annoying cause you already have trouble talking and so you want to make the most of it, but sometimes is a pretty nice feeling to realize that someone just cares for you in someway , I am glad to be back :). [REPLY]

4 September 2008

Larry Pitman´s article "where is home" (above) reminds me once again of the different stages of my life. During almost 70 years, I have lived(not only visited) and almost always worked in:

Germany (some 30 years)
Chile (30 months)
Honduras (almost 4 years)
Libya (2 years)
UK (London, 1 year)
New York City (US  - 18 years)
Peru (over 12 years).
(All years or months are approximate).

I also devide my life into three language stages, all of which I had to learn.:

German (mother tongue) some 30 years
English (almost 20 years)
Spanish (some 20 years).
(and some Arabic, French, Russian (in highschol in the former East Gerrmany)

For me, none - or most - of these place are home - or in my native language (German) "Heimat". There is no good translation for this word.

Wolfgang
gluschke@hotmail.com
Tel.: 446-8132
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I share the same experiences with the first 2 posts,
San Francisco is the prettiest city in the US and easily one of the best
places to live in the world.

Lima has many of the same characteristics plus a touch of seville, one day
in the near future it will be known again as one the most special cities in the Americas.

Great article Larry

JCW [REPLY]

I would like to joining the forum please give me more information my e-mail add is celesteestate@aol.com  let's get together in Peru I am planning to go to Lima for New Year's eve.

I love service if there is something that I can do for our children let me know.

Celeste

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Hi Bob...so glad that I followed your comments and we didn't fall onto
deaf ears. I am still living in Glendale, California and still love the area and volunteering next week at LALIFF the Latino Film International Festival in Hollywood, but, I would love to be in Perù also doing some volunteer work to promote the arts and help the children the same way that I did here to give back some of the many things this country gave me.
Would like to exchange at least phones with all the people interested
in joining this forum.
Mario [REPLY]