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After seven weeks of volunteering, taking some side trips and a grand adventure on the Inca Trail, it is time to say good-bye to Cusco and head back home to Houston. Today (Friday) was my last day. Tomorrow I am off to the airport for the marathon voyage home. The time has flown by and I have had a wonderful time experiencing life here in Peru and meeting so many people. The… Read More
Hey everyone, just checking in. I got back from Lima with no problems (and even was able to have a conversation with the LAN agent about luggage in Spanish!!!). I am leaving tomorrow for the Inca Trail trip, which I am really looking forward to. Everyone who has either gone on the four day hike to Machu Pichu (as I am going to do) or simply taken the train there has come… Read More
As I mentioned a couple of posts ago when we visited the Molino market there was a whole section devoted to food and produce. Since Ricardo, our Spanish teacher, was along I took advantage of his local knowledge and was quizzing him about some of the odds and ends that I saw in the stalls but did not recognize. One of the biggest mysteries to me was a grey flat item… Read More
Thursday in Spanish class we had a field trip. Ricardo, our Spanish teacher, offered to take Elizabeth and I (the only two in the class) on an excursion to the local market, Molino. Elizabeth and I thought it would be great to go and see it so we agreed with Ricardo’s proposal. To the tourists and visitors Molino is known as the black market because it is possible to buy, amongst other… Read More
On Sunday morning, the day after horseback riding in the mountains, I had originally planned to take a bus over to Pisac to visit the very large market that happens there every week. However since I was fighting a cold and feeling very tired I decided to head back to Cusco and venture to Pisac on another day. Carrie was remaining for another night in Urubamba in order to attend a yoga… Read More
Thursday was Julie’s last night in the house and as is the custom she picked out a place for us to go have dinner. I had lent her my travel book earlier in the week when we were discussing possible places. There were several interesting restaurants mentioned in the book that featured Peruvian food and also that had a floor show with local music and folk dancing. She ended up picking one… Read More
My explorations have been curtailed a bit as I am nursing my foot-it has to be better in time to do the Inca trail in three weeks. Consequently I am not roaming around the city as much as I have the past two weeks. A taxi now gets me to and from the project minimizing the time on my foot and simultaneously removing any possibility for new discoveries. I hope to be… Read More
Today was Carnival and when I woke up around 6:30am and peeked out the window in my room near my bed I saw blue sky which, perhaps, was a good omen for the big festival on the plaza later in the day. As usual the room had warmed up overnight so it was not a big problem to get out of bed. I slowly put some pressure on my injured foot and… Read More
I had big plans when I left the house Thursday morning. My Spanish class had been moved to 11:30 thus I had an extra hour and a half in the morning to do some touring or just wander around a bit. I decided to use that time to visit the Museum of Pre-Columbian Art. My travel book highly recommended it and I had also heard good things from others. The advice I… Read More
Now that I have settled into a routine I thought I would share a typical day. I get up somewhere between 7-8am, depending on what time I went to bed the night before and how much Spanish homework I have left to do. My room is very comfortable, if somewhat chilly- I have three heavy alpaca blankets on my bed and I usually sleep in a fleece as well. The temperature in… Read More
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