One Year and Independencia

We celebrated our 1 year anniversary on July 28th, which also turns out to be Peru's Independence Day. This past year has been filled with many great memories, but I think that our time in Peru tops them all! So it was definitely fitting for us to celebrate our anniversary on the day that Peru celebrates its independence.

Because we knew that our anniversary would fall on a major Peruvian holiday, we actually did our main activity last week. And let me tell you that it was fabulous!!! Since Eddie and I are such "love birds" we thought that we would spend the day really acting like birds. So last Friday we headed to the beach for a little para sailing. The view was amazing and the ride was absolutely thrilling. Hopefully this movie doesn't make you too motion sick (:

Then for our actual anniversary (the 28th) we spent the day going to carnivals and outdoor markets with the local Peruvians. It was so fun to experience the Peruvian equivalent to the 4th of July. They do many of the same things like carnivals and face painting--they even have BBQs (only the meat selection is far from hamburgers and hot dogs).


Later that night Eddie took me to a great little restaurant called El Condado. It was very private and had a great little piano player. Not to mention the food was great, and I even ordered red meat without feeling utterly terrified.

We had a great time reminiscing about the past year and looking forward to the next years together. Our first year of marriage was pretty spectacular, so we are really going to have to work hard to make year 2 just as fantastic---But that is a challenge that we are excited to begin!