It was a rain Christmas morning in Cuzco, but enjoyable none the less! After a quick skype with the mom's, and Christmas Cake for breakfast, we headed out into the streets on a walking tour of Cuzco. It turns out, the majority of the sites were churches, I suppose appropriate for the day!
A church up in the hills, not sure which one, but it looked pretty in the mist!
The church and museum of San Francisco,
The colonial archway of Santa Clara,
Iglesia de San Pedro, and the mercado San Pedro in front,
The closed convent of Santa Catalina,
A stop for an amazing lunch, Aldea Yanapay is a not for profit restaurant, which works with many local children and youth to provide education, love and joy, free of charge! Children have access to a full library, tutoring, art classes or can play together in the games room. Their philosophy: "The most beautiful way to teach is to give possibilities." The cafe maintains this fun and magical feeling though is decor and staff - described in the guide as the circus you always dreamt of running away to as a child! What a perfect place to lunch on Christmas! On top of this, in tune with their principals, their employees are paid well and receive social benefits - very unique. Oh ya, and the food was out of this world!
Back on the tour, we hiked a kicker of a hill to see this beautiful church, Iglesia de San Blas,
This is the back side of the bell tower, I thought it looked so pretty looking out into the city of Cuzco,
As we headed back to the hostal, we came across some old Inca ruins over a staircase of water,
Still raining, after a quick rest at the hostal, we headed out in search of Turkey Dinner. Now I know it's a bit weird, but I really don't like turkey - I don't think I ever have (sorry mom!), but we managed to find dinner at 'The Real McCoy's' - Turkey, gravy, potatoes, green beans, carrots, cabbage slaw, a meatball, and a half hot dog wrapped in bacon - It was so delicious! A cup of red wine complimented the meal perfectly, and it was all finished up with a serving of Christmas pudding and mincemeat pie with ice cream. YUMMMMMMM!
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