Per-whoo

Hola, hola, hola,
So, we've been Peru for about 10 days. I don't know what it is exactly but I have not felt a strong connection. It may have to do with the fact that everything we decided we thought would be cool (Machu Picchu, Nazca Lines, Rafting in Cuzco) was preceded by a tragic event (floods and mudslides, airplane crash, drowning accidents).
We did spend a lovely week in Cuzco with my family which was really nice. We went around the Sacred Valley and saw some ruins around the city. We also got our fill of religious paintings from the Cuscan school and audiotours. We went to 4 or 5 cathedrals and took an audiotour in everyone which was pretty repetitive. I was able to walk away with a couple of Fun Facts that I'd like to share:
* San Blas is the patron saint of ear, nose and throat doctors since he saved a child who was choking on a fishbone.
* Cuscan painters had a fear of empty spaces.
* In 1650 there was a big earthquake and the people in the church took a Jesus on a cross out to the square and the quake stopped.

Okay, well now we are in Lima for the day before going to Trujillo. We did not mean/want to come Lima but Flores Bus Line/God had a different plan for us. We purchased bus tickets for Ica so we could go sandboarding on the dunes for the day before going up to Trujillo...but the bus just kind of flew through Ica and we decided to get off wherever it stopped. But Lima is nice. For some reason the main square kind of reminded me of Miami since there are a lot of overpriced, out door dinning areas that have a similar red and green and wicker color scheme.

Hopefully, our next post will be from Ecuador!