Back on Track

I can`t believe today is Friday! This week has flown by and I am not ready to come back yet. Now that we are feeling much better we are back to the daily hustle and bustle. Luckily the sickness only lasted 24 hours or so and we had some great bonding time in the hotel.
Yesterday we left later in the day to give everyone a chance to recover and get extra sleep. I went to the APEC media center and sat in on press conferences with several ABAC representatives and Trade Ministers from Singapore. It was really cool to be in a real international press conference with cameras, headset translators, and journalists from all over. In the late afternoon we returned to the hotel and went to dinner for Evelyn`s birthday. We went to TGIFridays in order to give our stomachs a break from any unfamiliar food. The dinner topped off Evelyn`s interesting day and I will let her expand on that.
Later that night we went to a cultural performance and watched traditional Peruvian dances and got to dance a little ourselves. We were having a great time and didnt want to leave, but when we made it back to the hotel we all crashed.

This morning we were back to our normal, early morning schedule. We drove over to the location of the media center, which is also hosting the CEO summit. Before lunch I listened to speeches by the Peruvian President, Alan Garcia; the new New Zealand Prime Minister, John Key, and a couple of trade ministers, global economists, and bank leaders.
Now we are hanging around waiting for lunch and later we will listen to Hu Jintao speak at 2. Bush is speaking tomorrow morning and I think we are going to try to come!
The experiences this week have been absolutely unbelievable, and we just slide through all of the security with our official badges. We still have a lot to look forward to as the week finishes up and we will keep you posted.