Juanito's sandwiches and the "sexywoman" (4/19/2014)

After a leisurely morning, we met up with Vanessa's friend, Cristo, who he volunteered to take us around the city by car. Th day ended up being mostly about food and a couple of ruins. I started with an empanada de queso de Cusco, which was warm and toasty. We then drove up a hill and were able to see the entirety of the city from above; it was absolutely beautiful. Unfortunately it began to rain, but fortunately, Cusco being Cusco, the rain cleared up as soon as we drove underneath a different cloud. 

We headed to Sacsaywaman, which is an old ruin overlooking the city. Luckily for us, a woman was still selling choclo con queso (corn and this salty cheese) despite the less than stellar weather. After hiking down to Sacsaywaman, which we jokingly call the " sexywoman", we stopped to take pictures. Because the ticket to walk around the actual site is ridiculously expensive, we were merely able to take photos from afar, but that did not diminish how stunning the ruins are in the green Peruvian hillside. Jesus Blanco is next to th site so we also took pictures of the white Cristo and our Peruvian friend, Cristo. 

Finally, we headed back to the city for Juanito's sandwiches. Madre de Dios... These sandwiches were amazing. We chose the VIP (chicken, curry mayo, raisins and walnuts) and the Chicharrones with tamales. This led an epic food coma. When we became even remotely hungry many hours later, we headed back to El Ayllu for some delicious coffee, yogurt with fruit/granola, and pastries.

Yummy!

EmBoss