first few days

hurray, we arrived! sarah and i left atlanta on saturday afternoon and after a layover in lima, arrived in cusco early sunday morning. we spent most of sunday sleeping and getting aquatinted with our new home. today, after spending the morning with dr. ferris going over the medical records, we took a break and ventured into downtown cusco. we stopped by the starbucks (yes, starbucks. don’t worry, we’ll get real peruvian coffee shortly) and wandered around the square. for the past two days the weather has followed the same trend, sunny in the morning with rains coming in during the mid-afternoon. we stopped for an awesome lunch at los toldos near the plaza. we didn’t venture out too much with the salad bar and stuck to carrots, potatoes and beets. then enjoyed a veggie panini. after a little more wandering and bearing finding, we headed back to larapa. stopped by the supermarket and back to the clinic to start working with the records. sure enough, rains came in right as we hit the door. excellent timing.

there are certainly a number of things that have already taken us out of our comfort zone (the smell in lima and lead gas to name a few). i’ll have to toss up a kari inspired post about american versus peruvian culture soon.

Plaza de Armas

taking in the sun

blue

we will return to los toldos

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