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Introducing Mystery Class #10 Lima , Peru 12.100 S, 77.067 W   Bienvenidos a Perú! Congratulations on finding our mystery location -- Lima, Peru! We'd like to share more information with you about this exciting place. Our School  We are from Colegio Franklin Delano Roosevelt, American School of Lima. We have just over 1200 students from age 3 through grade 12. 24% of our students are American, 54% are Peruvian and 22% of our students come from 42 other countries around the world. All of the classes here are taught in English, but we do take Spanish classes. Our school is growing all the time and in early December we opened a new indoor pool. Now we can take swimming lessons during our PE classes as well as after school. After school activities are one of the best things about our school. We can participate in many activities such as art, basketball, chorus, theatre, dance, ecology club, gymnastics, hockey, movie club, softball, tennis, swimming, tae kwon do, volleyball, surfing, and of course, soccer! Our City Lima is the capital and the largest city of Perú. Greater Lima, with many beautiful suburbs, has a population of about 8 million and is the fourth largest city in South America. The "City of the Kings" has changed in the past 20 years from a quiet town of Spanish colonial charm into a modern metropolis. Lima is located on the coast of Perú. One of the pros of living on the coast of Perú is that most of the year, we have moderate temperatures and little rainfall. One of the cons is that we are located in the "Ring of Fire", which means we are very prone to having earthquakes. Have you even been in an earthquake? Take a look at these photos below. Just last summer on August 15, 2007, we had the largest earthquake we had experienced in 30 years! It registered 8.0 on the Richter Scale and lasted over 2 minutes.   Fortunately, there was minimal damage in Lima, but the nearby cities of Chincha, Pisco, and Ica were severely impacted. Our Country We have three well-defined regions in Perú—la costa (coast), la sierra (mountains), and la selva (jungle). Peruvians are fanatics for soccer, or as we call it, fútbol. It is the most important sport in our country. We have many professional teams and fortunately there are two seasons per year which means there’s always a game to watch. If they are not watching soccer, Peruvians are playing soccer. It is not commonly played on grass, but on cement instead. Another thing Peruvians are fanatics for is food. Since Lima is located right on the coast, we eat a lot of seafood. Ceviche is one of our favorites—it is made by "cooking" raw fish with lime juice, and is served with sliced onions, corn, and sweet potato.  Would You Like to Write to Us? We hope you had fun locating us and maybe someday in your future you can come visit us. If you want to correspond with us, you can write to our teacher, Kimberly Alvarado at this address: kloeffle@amersol.edu.pe