Tonight was fun. Me and 4 of my housemates went to the plaza for pizza! We were all craving it. We got a great recommendation from Patricia. It was a small restaurant just off the main square. On our way there, there was horrible traffic. Apparently a road going off to the right was "closed" and all there was was a policewoman directing traffic at the intersection. Our taxi got into the left lane and when we reached the intersection, we suddenly went right. We were rather shocked at first, but then the policewoman started blowing her whistle and we all laughed. What good will a whistle do? So we cruised along a fairly open road. I'm not sure why it was blocked off.
The official drink of Peru is a pisco sour, which I tried. It was quite sour. Pisco is the alcohol, something sour was added in, and there was a top foam of whipped egg whites. When I heard about the eggs the
other day, I didnt want to try one, but then I remembered that that would defeat the whole purpose of traveling! So I had my pisco and a margarita/cheese pizza which was quite good.
No guarantee on spelling, but from L-R is Chava (US), Juliana (US), Ellie (UK), and Nairi (NZ).
We walked around the plaza for a bit and went into a shop one of the girls really likes. It had some great alpaca items, but I was still indecisive, and low on cash after dinner. We returned to the plaza and a dog came over and sat on my feet!
When we walked away, it looked like he was begging. I felt horrible for leaving him, but he looked like he got enough to eat.
On that note, I found a puppy store this morning. Think the ones in the US are bad? Ugh. Try here. One glance was enough.
Going back to the rest of my day, I had a private lesson in the morning and then walked home. (photos of the neighborhood)
It's a nice walk, about 50 minutes. Luckily it's mostly 2 main streets or I would get lost. Lunch was a
stew/soup of potatoes, squash, and peas. I returned to the office for my afternoon class and acknowledged the unconnectable wifi. I went to a camera store with a friend to use my "advanced" Spanish skills. The
store was very strange. It had electronics, small appliances, bedding, and furniture. We chose the camera downstairs, went upstairs to pay, and took our receipt downstairs to actually pick up the camera. I
believe that sums up most of my day, but I'm quite tired now and am probably missing something. Big weekend too with 2 tours plus Machu Picchu. Updates may be sporadic.
This morning I woke up around 8 in order to do some shopping with Nairi. We hit several of the small markets and I finally found a sweater I like. I also purchased a hat and some cool pants. I will take pictures later. Total cost? around 60 soles or 20USD. Both the hat and sweater are pure alpaca.
We also walked around one of the main roads and took more pictures of the one fountain I had posted before. Front and back.
We went to Mega, a local supermarket chain to browse. We saw a GIANT bottle of pisco, maybe 2-3 gallons. We found it photo worthy.
We're off to the city tour soon, which covers the great landmarks of the city. I hope I can get some decent pictures because of the few I've seen on the outside are quite beautiful. For example, here is a shot I took yesterday of the Qoricancha (bad spelling).
And here are a few random photos of the city.
This may possibly be my last post until after Machu Picchu, but I will definitely update on Monday or Tuesday. (assuming internet works)
which is better, alpaca or timmy?
ReplyDeleteTIMMY! By far
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