As I spend more time in Lima, I find my Español progress has all but stopped. Everyone speaks English to me!! It`s difficult, and I`m not sure there is any perfect combination of the two languages. Because- when I was in Ayacuch no one spoke English, and while it was difficult and at times incredibly frustrating- I was learning...by force! When I arrived in Lima I was excited to speak with the host at the hostel who spent 2 years in Australia and speaks great English. There were also some Aulstralians and Canadians here in the hostel, as well as Europeans, and they pretty much all speak decent English. Also, here in Lima the people are ok at English. But, whats more is that they almost always try speaking it to me....which is a nice gesture. BUT, one of my goals for my travels ws to learn as much Español as I could...and this is making things difficult. Especially becuase all of the places I go to, are the places where they are most likely to speak English. The hotels, the nicer resturaunts, the tourist towns and sights.
It`s great that I can almost no matter what communicate with people...that is the gift of growing up speaking English (thank you America). But, sometimes, I wish it was it was a little more difficult.
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