Cusco

Since the boys were done with all of their school stuff, we were able to take a week to travel Peru, and we had so much fun! I have to break up our trip into three parts because it would be way too long if I didn't! 

Saturday: Left Trujillo at 11pm, had a 5 hour layover in Lima, and then flew to Cuzco. The Trujillo airport is so small, you have to walk up the stairs to the plane. And Brad was so nice to paint my right fingernails for me on the plane. ;)

 Sunday: We arrived in Cusco at 7:30am. Our hotel people picked us up from the airport and took us to our Hostal- the Orquidea Real. We relaxed for a bit and got caught up on our sleep- taking about a 6 hour nap. Then we walked around the city, did a little shopping, took a picture with some girls and their lamb, had dinner at a yummy mexican place, had some pancakes and chocolate, and played card games in bed.  The altitude in Cusco was 11,000 ft, so we all had a little bit of altitude sickness, but luckily we were used to it by the next day.

 Monday: we woke up early to purchase our Machu Picchu tickets, then had breakfast and took a tour of the city on a double decker bus. It took us up to the top of a mountain and on the way we saw: lots of churches, cathedrals, an all boys school, cemetery, a haunted house, llamas, Saqsewaman, and the lucky bulls on the roofs.

 When we got to the top, there was an awesome view of the city, a Christo Blanco (a white Christ who looks out over the city), and a lady with a llama and baby lamb.

For lunch, we had clay oven pizza and pina juice. We hung out at our hostel, took naps, and had dinner. Then we all got an hour long massage- a first for Brad and I- and it was amazing! They were only 15 soles each.

 Tuesday: We took a bus to Pisaq (about 45 min away) to go to the flea markets. They had the biggest selection for the best price, but unfortunately we had already done most our shopping. We had some lunch there, at the Blue llama, and we saw a real llama! They had this awesome little house for some guinea pigs that I thought was pretty sweet.

 When we got back to Cusco, we checked out the Museo del Cacao (Chocolate Museum) and learned how chocolate is made- by cacao beans grown on trees. We got a delicious brownie there as well.