Estoy en Cuzco!

¡Hola mis amigos!

I am now in Cuzco, a beautiful colonial city situated at 10,500 feet in Southern Peru. I was more than happy to leave Lima, a city of 10 million people with nothing to do, on Saturday and took an overnight bus to Cuzco. Everyone I have met took the plane (1 hour flight) to Cuzco, but I thought since I had the time I would take the scenic bus. The 22 hour journey was more than memorable and I am now a master at peeing standing up on a slippery floor (it was water on the floor, right?) going around sharp corners. Ahhhh the joys of traveling. Anyways, now I am settled in Cuzso at Amauta Spanish school and have been taking 4 hours of Spanish classes everyday. There are lots of other students here (strangely mostly Dutch) and I have been going on lots of long walks. Cuzco reminds me a lot of Italy with its cobbled streets, red roofs, and narrow pedestrian streets. Next week I am going to take classes (and live) in a small town called Tarray, which is about an hour from Cuzco. I am looking forward to being in a more local, rural town and getting out on some hikes.

Lastly, if you are ever in Cuzco DO NOT eat the lasagna at the restaurant Kindergarten unless you want 24 hours of constant diarrehea and vomiting. Thank goodness my room is right across from the bathroom!

Much love,
Adios,
Kate