It seems it has been forever since I’ve updated (actually, it has. Really.) and part of that delay is that the husband and I were off gallivanting again. This time we went to Peru! A new continent and country for both of us and it most certainly did not disappoint. We switched things up a bit by meeting my parents down there and was a fun dynamic. Why the family reunion? As it happens my dad was in South America in 1969 and has always talked about going back. In addition to that, our family hosting an exchange student from Lima my freshman year in high school and we wanted to be sure to see my Peruvian hermana too. It was fab to see her and her amazing family, and bonus: built in tour guides!
My favorite of the fruits were the little orange fruits (aguaymanto) and I even broke my “no chain restaurants in a foreign country” rule to have a McD’s ice cream sundae with these fruits as the topping. Love it!
A cemetery I could have spent days in – mausoleum style with ‘shadow box’ style markers.
Dad’s first anticuchos in over 40 years (and he’s been talking about them for just as long). They did not disappoint! In fact, my husband declared that we have anticuchos again before leaving the country lest he “pull a Larry” and crave them for 4 decades. And the girl in the back? That’s Ale – my Peruvian sister. She’s going to kill me for posting this.
We were able to take this photo for 1 sole (about 30 cents). This woman comes here every day to pose for photos but I’m pretty sure I’m one of the only ones to totally lose my shit over the adorableness of the baby llama.
The altitude in Cuzco was no joke. Mom and Galen had blue lips, and neither my dad nor I were feeling all that awesome. Asking the hotel front desk for oxygen in Spanish was a first for me.
It’s still pretty surreal to say that I saw this…this view of a place we have all seen photos of our entire lives. The only thing to ruin it were people and their stupid selfie sticks. Ugh.
Tipon archaeological complex. This was an agricultural testing ground for the Incas and it was pretty amazeballs.
I have yet to offlaod the rest of the photos from my camera. I seem to have brought some sort of bug home that I can’t quite shake and I’m not firing on all cylinders. But I hope to A) process the photos soon and B) feel better. Because feeling better is good.
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