What an adventurous Sunday

July 6th, 2009 by Jessica Marshall

Yesterday, Heather and I did a lot of hiking, but it was well worth it. We started out going to the main Plaza to meet some friends of our friend (Chris) Harvey in Baltimore for lunch. We enjoyed a meal that reminded us of home at the Real McCoy – a British Pub, yes British. After watching the tennis finals, short introductions on how we all know Harvey, where we´re from and how we all got to Cusco, Heather and I did a little site seeing. We hiked up what seemed to be a never ending hill of roads, cobble sidewalks and such to Saqsawayman( mmm, spelling is wrong I think) a historical Incan stone hilltop. After taking a few photos and enjoying the beautiful view of Cusco we headed across the way to Cristo Blanco (white Jesus). Cristo Blanco is this giant white statue of Jesus with his arms open to the city. After that we had to start our journey back home because once the sun sets the temperature drops from about 69/74 degrees to about 50 then continues to drop as the night goes on. On our way back Heather was able to barter for a cute alpaca sweater to go along with the socks we bartered for earlier in the day before lunch. Today, we had our volunteer orientation and got out Spanish class and work schedules. Unfortunately Heather and I will be on opposite schedules so we won´t see much of each other until dinner time and the end of the week. Well, I´m late to lunch, hope all is well in the states. Miss you all. Jess