Well, it is almost December. Now you are probably thinking about Christmas, because it is only 26 days away today. To me it seems closer and at the same time further because it is 3 houses away. Close, but far.
We went to see The Crimes Of Grindelwald in Spanish. It was really cool. I would not recommend going to that theatre in Cusco, it was small and stuffy. Also it was a mall. Chinook centre kind of. Not so big! I would suggest just turning on Spanish subtitles in you own home.
If you know me, you know how much I love Harry Potter movies and books, so of course I am going to end up getting myself the play script when it doesn't cost $81.51 so I can see what happened because I didn't really understand very much in the Spanish movie... 😭 It costs SO much!
We went to some Catacombs yesterday. We were not able to take any pictures of the bones, but it was really cool. We saw he 3rd largest painting in the world. It was the largest in South America! We did not take a picture, it might damage the oils. It was so big it had over 700 people in it. It took up a whole wall in the cathedral. It had Nuns, Bishops and Priests. It had everyone in that Church at the time. Wow, right? The bone were kind of creepy. In some of the tombs, it smelled weird and was very humid. Also our tour guide kept on laughing in this creepy way whenever we were inside tombs or going inside one. I am fairly sure that he only knew what to say and nothing else in English except "I don't know about that." Anyway, look at these pictures of the courtyard!
Wow!
Amazing, right?
Panorama shot.
Where did we go? Here!
We ate more picarones, and they tasted good. They were light and fluffy, and we got as much syrup as we wanted!
I don't look happy here. Wonder what went wrong.
A few days later, we went to El Mercado De San Pedro. We saw corn, cheese and people. Normal day.
Corn.
Cheese.
Random People. Normal day.
For some reason, seeing Alpacas and Lambs on leashes is a daily activity for us now. Terran and I still point every single Lamb and Alpaca out. We just aren't used to it yet. We also see Llamas often. Alpacas and Llamas are SO cute! The video is of an Alpaca. You might see a brown spotted Llama though.
For our last Saturday here in Arequipa we decided to visit the Santa Catalina Convent. The convent is located in the historic center of Arequipa and it is considered the most important and impressive colonial structure in the city. Constructed from Sillar, a white volcanic stone quarried locally, the convent was founded in 1579, and is truly a city within a city. The nuns constructed private cells within the convent where they could lead isolated lives, protected by high walls sheltering them from the surrounding city. Most museums, or tourist sites here in Peru encourage you to have a guide, normally we prefer to do it without one, but this structure was so large, and with so much history, that I am glad we opted to have a guide show us the place. One of the many alleys within the Convent. Each street within the convent is named after a Spanish city, I think this one might have been Malaga.
Another site on our Boleto Touristico is the Centro Qosqo de Arte Nativo . This is a theater which performs traditional dances from various cultures around the Cusco area. They have a live band providing music, which play all sorts of traditional instruments, including flutes, violins, guitars, and mandolins. The dancers wear traditional outfits from the area in which the dance originated. The same dancers perform each song - I can only imagine how fast they need to change in between acts! I took a couple of videos during the performance... the quality is not great but it hopefully gives you a feel of what the experience is like.
So candid :) I like the bit about the guy that didn't really speak English. Spencer and I both laughed.
ReplyDeleteI love the video of you and the alpaca, Maija! I need to figure out how to teach my alpacas to do that.
ReplyDeleteI love your new normal Maija!!
ReplyDeleteI love the video Maija!
ReplyDeleteMaija, I love the pictures of the monastery! Wow!!!
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