Meeting friends again

This last week has been taken up with exploring shops to compare prices of household goods, deliberating over what size house/apartment we should get and catching up with old friends. Of course, last time we were in Peru Daniel wasn't yet born, so the Peruvians are meeting him for the first time.



Today we were having a civil lunch with our friends Esther and Humberto and their son Baruj, who's 3 and loves Daniel (or Naniel as he calls him!)- he kept wanting to kiss Daniel on the cheek, which Daniel loved to start off with but after the 20th or so time he made his objections very clear with a clear grunt and push away! Mark tried a new recipe which went ok considering he had to adapt most of the ingredients to what was available - it just needs a few further adaptations! Then Jono, (who we're staying with) pulled me aside to warn me that 9 teenage girls from one of the shanty town churches were about to descend on the house, and now was our chance to escape!!



We decided to stay and so once again, exaggerated cries of "Ahhhh, tu bebito! Que lindo es!" (Ahhh, your baby! He's so cute!) could be heard by all the neighbours. Of course, Daniel was whisked off by the girls and entertained for a couple of hours on and off, having to be rescued now and again when things got just a bit too crazy! Mostly though, he loved the attention!