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.
Since arriving in Cuenca we have been catching up on school work, and getting settled so we have only explored a little in the afternoon. but so far from what we have seen, Cuenca is a beautiful city. Ever since we started thinking about this trip Cuenca was in our radar, we have read that it is a safe, and beautiful city, and from the little bit of exploring we have done the rumors are true. View of one of the domes of the New Cathedral of Cuenca
Yeah, it has been a while since the last post. Suffice it to say, we are alive and well in Arequipa. For those not familiar with it, Arequipa is the second largest city in Peru, with a population of about 850,000 people. It is located about 90 km (2.5 hours driving) from the coast, and is a highland desert with pretty much the perfect temperatures year round (average highs of 22 C, average lows of about 10 C, and even in the midst of the rainy season no more than about 5 days / year of rain). We are living in Cayma neighbourhood, one of the more modern districts. Our AirBnB is on the 7th floor of a newly constructed apartment building. The kids are ecstatic that our front door opens directly into the elevator door, and that you need a an RFID keychain to even get to our floor. Anyway, this being Christmas, we have tried to keep some of the feeling for the kids. We bought a 2 foot tall Christmas tree from a street vendor, complete with fake snow, and t...
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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