Day 4

Well I flew into Cusco today, it was amazing to fly over the Andes Mountain range. Seeing the mountains shooting out of the clouds was awesome! When we landed it was about 80 degrees outside so it was way nice. I meet the other volunteers and the volunteer manager. Everyone is really cool and down to earth. and the house is pretty sweet. It is in a safe part of the city and it is quite large. And since there aren't very many volunteers here right now I actually get my own room which is nice. The house is broken into 3 apartments. the downstairs and then 2 seperate ones up stairs. In my apartment there is me, heather, Liz, and Jo. As of right now I am the only guy in the house but I guess Matt is on a trek in the Amazon right now and will be back on monday. Everyone is a bit older than me but its all good because I am fitting in really well. So far we have gotten lost in the city twice but not for very long, and it was cool becuase it was an adventure haha. The food is awesome here, I went to the shopping market today, and bought some food. I am gonna try to make some peruvian food haha. If I learn how to do it good I'll totally bring some recipes back and make it for everyone! Lauren who is the manager took us on a quick tour of the city and took us to the cities center, which is this amazing coblestone square with beautiful buildings! I will be going back to check out some of the museums that are there and I'll take some pictures then. So the plan for tomorrow is to get more familiar with the city, so we are gonna go back to the market and then we are gonna go for some walks and practice our spanish. I still suck by the way but that is all good haha. Other than that our day is just a free day to rest up and get familiar with the area. On monday is when the work begins, and when I have my orientation dinner I pretty excited for that as well. It is supposed to be the giant dinner that is all peruvian food. So needless to say I can't wait to get my hands on it haha.