DAY 2

November 4th
Cusco, Peru

I think I figured out how to add photos! Thanks to Carrie and her discovery I could change my blog page to English! This photo is yesterday. This is Bryce in Lima at The monastery.
We are a bit tired today after our 4am wake up call to head back to the airport for our flight to Cusco. But, its our own fault....we stayed up a bit too late last night.
We went to a local Pena (dance club), not a Disco...more like folk dancing club, and it was fabulous! The dancers were incredible. Bryce´s favorite dance was where the couple tie cotton tassels to their backsides and the other lover chances them about the dance floor with sticks of fire trying to light their tassels a blaze, while the other half of the pair tries to wiggle their butt quick enough not to be caught. Bryce was hysterical! At 10pm I finally told Bryce "We need to go" and he begged me "No Mamma! Dos Mas Por Favor!". How could I resist...he was speaking Spanish already! Rich did not want to leave either as he was on his fourth Pisco Sour (the famous local drink). They warn you two of them will leave you unable to walk....one did it for me...but Rich just could not stop because they were sooooo tasty. By 11pm I insisted we leave and as we walked out through the crowd Bryce announced "Mamma that is much better than TV!" You modern mothers out there know how much that warmed my heart!
Today we basically have followed doctors instructions to avoid altitude sickness. (Cusco is at 3200 meters above sea level). We arrived in Cusco, after an easy 45 minute flight, went straight to bed for a long nap, drank lots of water, and ate some carbs for lunch. It seems to be working because even Bryce announced "My lungs can breath good here!"
This afternoon we will hunt around a bit and then its an early night tonight! The train leaves for Macchu Pichu at 5am tomorrow! And they call this vacation!

Weather Report for Carrie: In Lima it was 70 during the day and 60 at night. It is always cloudy there because of their position in the mountains, but we all burned anyway! They say in January it will be 80 during the day and 60 at night.
Cusco is cooler....about 60 during the day and 40 at night, but it is clear and sunny here. In January they say it will rain more...so come prepared.