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We flew into Cusco on Sunday morning at 12:30 am. We were met by coldness (temperature, not the people, who are very nice). After a good night's sleep, while we were walking through Cusco, we came across a parade for a military school -- we weren't exactly sure, but it was a fun start to Peru.
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After the parade, we drove to Ollantaytambo in the Sacred Valley, where we will are staying for a week. When we got here, we saw the big mountains that looked like they were on a green screen. There are a lot of ruins everywhere you look. The houses even have Incan bottoms (aka, foundations).
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We found our way to the AirBnB -- a very cozy place. We had a good night sleep, and then on Monday and Tuesday we started exploring. On Monday, we strolled around town and the famous ruins of the temple. For dinner, we had guinea pigs. Before we ate them, we had a fun time playing with the guinea pigs!
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Overall, we have had and will continue to have an awesome week!
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GUINEA PIGS?!?!?!
ReplyDeleteWow. What was that like? And for goodness's sake don’t tell me they taste like chicken. :-)
I loved reading your blog entry about arriving in Peru and getting to the place where you’ll be for a little while. The Incan foundations for the houses look a lot like the stone foundations for the Pyramids, although the stones are somewhat smaller (!) - and also like the stone foundations of the colonial and early American houses up here in New England, although the stones are somewhat bigger.
I am now going to call all house foundations “bottoms” just for fun.
Hiking 12 kilometers is a LOT, especially at that elevation. Tell your parents I’m very impressed by your family’s physical health.
I look forward to all the blog posts and your research project reports. What will you work on next?
What a great post, Eliza! What did you think of the guinea pigs as dinner? I hope you have a great time in Peru!
ReplyDeleteIt was... interesting? I ate it all up at the time, but I wouldn't choose to eat it again. Alpaca is much yummier. --Eliza
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