I'm in Ayacucho, having arrived yesterday for a two-evening colloquium on "Class, Gender, and Building of Peace in Peru".
I'm staying at the rather pleasant ViaVia Hotel, right the main square.
The hotel is located in Colonial mansion that has been fixed up with funds from Belgium and is run by the ViaVia traveller's cafe and hotel chain - they even have Belgian beers on sale in the restaurant.
Normally, I'd stay at the family home on Garcilazo de la Vega street, two block from here, but it's never that comfortable -despite being free- so I opted for the hotel and hot showers on demand.
Not much sooner than I had arrived than the power went out and remained out through lunchtime and on into the late evening.
That meant that I missed all of the Argentina-Holland soccer game in the World Cup except for the addiional time added on because they were tied at the end of egulation time.
The game went to penalty kicks, which I had to miss as otherwise I'd have been late to the colloquium. Fortunately, like sio many others, I could keep up with the progress at any shop doorway and window!
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