what do you get when you mix 5 years of spanish in high school with 10 years of neglecting the spanish you learned? answer: you get spanish that translates into the english above.
how can that be?
the difference between "pounds" and "books" in spanish is one letter. pounds = libras. books = libros. you can imagine the confused look the dude at the carniceria had when i asked for six books (librOs) of carne asada instead of six pounds (librAs) of carne asada.
similarly, the difference between worried and occupied is preocupado vs ocupado. so when i wanted to know if the bathroom was busy, i really asked if it was worried. i luckily, i recovered and saved a little face: is the bathroom worried? it should be, because I JUST HAD MEXICAN FOOD!!!
neither of these incidents happend in peru. so what's that got to do with peru?
well, last night, at the pervian version of mcdonald's, called "bembo's" (loved it. the food alone is worth the eight-hour flight from LA), i ordered a hamburger and a carne asada taco. the burger was great. the taco, on the other hand looked like this:
