Never, ever tell the school that you are taking your child on a trip. They don't get it and will give her enough homework to make you cry. My kids got sick alot. ;)

I do know one parent that actually paid the school their daily fee that they got from the state if they wouldn't ding her son for missing school.

For reals, I had that happen to me when I was a kid. We took a trip and they piled enough homework on me that was I busy all day, every day of the trip. When I got back and turned it in, the teachers said, "Oh, we're not grading any of that. We just wanted you to do stuff while you were gone so you didn't have to catch up."

It was the epitome of :rolleyes:.

Great pictures. Thanks for sharing ^

This Hilton HHonors racing game is addictive. I realized that if I stay in the top 1000 to the end of the competition that I'll be an HH Diamond for my honeymoon stays in BCN and MAD.

Wow, I never thought about that.... you're right, "Ruined" doesn't even come close.

Good night Box.

Yeah, me too. Night all.

Thanks Yall! That does seem easy enough!

Pee Tee Pee (or whatever they are called) is the way to go.

Thank you for getting in the poo before midnight. I almost had to sling some into the box!

I am applying to the Hospitality PhD program. I have about 2 years under my belt and about a year to go if accepted.

I went for wine at the wine bar tonight, had a great Argentinian Wine. There was a Celtic band there auditioning for St. Patties Day, I will be returning!

Drunk posting is good because if you become sober in the middle of the night and re-read the post you can erase it before others get wind of it!

Yah the Sheraton is really old, but I think they just fixed it up a bit. (That was the REALLY nice hotel to stay at in the 70s) It is kind of far away because most people stay in the Miraflores area of town. You have to take the via expresa all the way to the end.

Larco Mar is very toursity and does have pretty good views as do any other of the park areas on the Malecon. On the Malecon near Larco Mar they also do Paragliding if you are into that kind of thing.

Since you are going to be there on a weekend I would hit the Plaza in Miraflores (right next to Parque Kennedy). On the weekends they generally have a bunch of artists (painters and sculpter) set up going around the plaza. There is also a Dunkin there on Larco-you'll be able to see it from the Park.

There are supposed to be some 'happening' bars on Berlin which is on the south western corner of the Parque Kennedy.

If you want to buy Peruvian gift items (there is a lot of silver) go to the El Mercado Indio (which is on Petit Thouars and Enrique Palacios right next to Hiraoka-elec. app. store).

Food - if you like seafood there is tons everywhere, right now there is a popular street with really good restaurants it is called calle La Mar (not sure about the calle part). There is also the Peruvian/Chinese - Chifa that you can find everywhere as well. A good place is called Wa Lok (I think it is on Angamos). If you want to try anticuchos (kabob of cow heart) there was/is an area in Barranco that the whole street was restaurants for anticuchos. All the grosary stores have a little food area where you get everyday typical food and eat it there, cafeteria style, you pay by weight. (I think the Vivanda on Benavides and 2 blks up from Larco has a larger area unless they have changed it since it was Sta. Isabel) And also for breakfast, tamales or humitas (the ones from Wong (grosary store) are pretty good or on sundays outside of the Churches) or even a chicharron sandwhich.

Oh and also if you want I can give you the name and number of my taxi guy, he usually picks me up and drops me off at the airport - been using him for about 8 years. I am not sure how much he will ask for half a day but I know we have hired him for that to bring people around. PM me if you want it.

I kind of went over board above, but if you have any other Qs just ask!

Wow! Even the west coast people are going to bed!!!

For some reason, I wish I was flying today! But no, have to wait for a couple more weeks until my next trip...

Any B:rolleyes:x recommendations as to what to do in DUB fro three days? I've never been there before, but Mrs. Enmascarad:rolleyes: has about 10 years ago... Should we stay in DUB all of the time? Drive around Ireland? A bit of each? What do people drink there? (Besides Guinness, that is...)

G'night sfogate!

F-ing Hilton challenge kept me awake.

Kabob of cow heart? Heard it tastes like chicken.

HHonors is better than a crying baby keeping you awake. You'll eventually get those days.

sfogate, I had lice as a child. My mom did everything to get rid of them. Nothing seemed to work, except shaving my head.

I looked at it. Some of the low scores are absurd. Too much of a time sync for me -- I'd rather be here.

That's one reason why our kids go to a private school ... that gives no homework :p :p :p

Morning Box. Need c:rolleyes:ffee.