Volleyball
Saturday, January 9th, 2010Volleyball is Peru´s second favorite sport, second only to futbol as the most popular. And so it was that today, teachers and students got together for a friendly game of volleyball at the local college.
All the teachers were incredibly skilled, and it was in fact the foreigners that missed the most. It was not teachers vs. students, though that would have been interesting, but a a compelling intermixture of the two.
As the morning wore on and some participants left to eat lunch with their families, some of the teachers´kids took to the court and then dominated the entire game. None of us realized until after the games that the younger kids were on volleyball teams at their schools (though by the speed and grace of their serves, we should have known!)
We played around seven games that lasted for three hours. My newly shaved face is burnt bright red from the Andean sun. Perhaps it´s easier to get a sunburn at 11,000 feet.
Alas, off to dinner, I always manage to squeak in these entries conspicuously close to the time the food is being served. That´s all for now, videos, pictures coming soon! Ciao!
jfin