Día Tres

There is nothing more enjoyable than sleeping late. We went to breakfast at Cafe Vegetariana where we consumed pancakes drizzled with honey, freshy squeezed orange juice, museli with fresh strawberries, grapes, and puffed grains, yogurt with honey, toast and jam, and Katie ate an omelette - said omelette from día uno.

We wandered around little shops, getting our pictures copied onto our hard drive for 8 sols pronounced (soul a´s), buying sunscreen and Alpaca postcards (for Katie) and wandering though the litle shops and markets in Cusco. We bargained a necklace down from 160 sols to 60 (30 USD), and picked up some earrings that were solid gold. Since they were only 12 USD, we were inclined to doubt it.























We stopped at a little chocolate shop to have their hot chocolate house special, and sample their small chocolates, including a spicy berry chocolate and creme de leche. It was delicious, and it was lunch.

We picked up some artwork from a little local shop, using our limited Spanish to buy several paintings from local artists. At that point, feeling sick from having a chocolate lunch and consuming unwashed fruit and potentially pathogen-infused water, we decided to find a nice place for dinner.

We wandered around the main square, and found a little wine bar in which the seats were all sofas and armchairs, candles were lit, and spicy music was playing. Here we met Eduardo, who worked there. Even though he hardly spoke a word of English, and we only possess broken Spanish, we were able to converse for hours. He told us about a project he is working on, how there are a lot of problems in Cusco and in most Peruvian cities. Apparently the native language, Ketchwa, is being lost, and there are problems with malnutrition. He would like to start an internship program so kids can have a better future. Really cool guy. Facebooked.

















sus amigas,

daniela y katerina