Today we had originally planned to visit the churches, but as it is La Semana Santa all of the religious institutions were closed for religious ceremonies. Not a problem, we met this Peruvian girl from Lima at breakfast, named Vanessa, who asked to visit around town with us. Our little group, [EmBoss, Marsky, Vanessa, and Rafael,] headed out into Cusco.
Our goal was to find all the free museums. We started at el Museo de Arte Contemporareo. It was awesome to see the work off local Cusco art, including paintings, sketches, and sculptures. We then visited the Museo Choco, which was the seame museum we visited in Lima. This time we had our tour in Spanish. We sampled copious quantities of free chocolate as expected! We then headed up to the San Blas district, which is the artsy, hippy part of Cusco. And when I say "up", I mean up several flights of stairs which made us all feel winded. We found a yoga studio, so we are planning on going to free mediation and yoga this weekend.
As we wandered around San Blas we found the workshop of Hilario Mendivil, which housed a small museum and a workshop dedicated to his style of sculpture. The people had long necks, which the tour guide attributed to the long necks of the llamas in the area. It was absolutely awesome. We then found this lunch place where I ate pollo a la plancha with huancayo sauce and salsa de aji. I warmed up with an appetizer of crema de maiz... So good! Included in our meal was a drink, chicha morada porfa, and a pisco sour.
Much to our surprise we exited the restaurant to find copious quantities of lluvia raining down on us. We raced like small school children back to the hostal as taxis honked us in complete disbelief that these turistas locos would actually be running around in the rain.
With plans to go out when/if the rain stops and shop at the local market.
Besitos,
EmBoss
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