Sabbatical Essay #Day 7:
On our third day in Cusco, as we walked out from our hotel and into the city center we found ourselves walking next to a parade.
I guess we were super lucky and stayed there during a very festive season! (I looked up online and there are actually many many... events going on during month of June in Cusco) There was a very very long parade with what looked like many many home made masks and figures and such.
We weren’t really sure what these parades were representing but what a fun! After enjoying the parade we did some more touristy shopping. Where we went and bought a lot of vibrant Peruvian gifts and stuff and had fun bargaining. I bought a super Peruvian looking duffle bag where I ended up stuffing my non-essential things and sent it to LA with my friend before I left for Alaska later that month. Also bought some colorful scarves for my mom and my mother in law.
Of course we also went to see this famous wall. This is one of the best attraction is Cusco! Super sturdy Inca walls that no one knows how to replicate! Then we went back to our favorite Peruvian restaurant ever!!! --> Morena Peruvian Kitchen for our last dinner before our big schedule which started super early next morning.
This is lovely chocolate dessert we had. After the dinner we went back to our hotel to pack and tried to go to bed early. It was our last night in actual bed before our Salkantay trail which made me feel like I needed to save much energy as I possibly can. However, we did not go to bed that early but watched crazy TV show called “Naked and Afraid” and some other ghost hunting show.
