My Cusquenan weekend!

Hola a todos,

I am on my twenty minute break from spanish class, so I don´t have much time, however I felt that it was necessary to share my most spectacular weekend with you.
Saturday we woke up at a very leisurely 8 o´clock- late for us because the sun rises around 5:30 and wakes us up. I then stayed in bed and luxuriously read the three musketeers. Funniest book ever! I definitely recommend it if you haven´t already read it. I think Planchet, D´artagnan´s servant is my favourite, although D´Artagnan himself is a close second. Then Manuel and Jesus decided to take us out for lunch in un restaurante tipico, which was wonderful. We started with these enormous glasses of chicha, which is this fermented corn drink that is definitely an acquired taste. The glasses were seriously as big around as my face- I had to hold it with two hands!!!! I felt very much like a 3 year old again, trying desperately to drink without spilling all over myself. Manuel and Jesus can down 5 of these gigantic glasses in one sitting. I don´t know where they put it. I am slowly getting used to it...who knows, by the end of the trip I may even love it. It is defintely the drink of choice for cusquenans.
I am also slowly but surely getting used to having to kiss everyone as a greeting. I definitely offended a couple people, unintentionally, by shaking their hand instead of doing the much more socially acceptable kiss on the cheek.
Anyways, after lunch, they took us to this beautiful roof top terrace where you could see the entire city. Emily and I sang songs, and danced, and I of course did handstands all over the place. After that, they took us to this wonderful cafe where we had peruvian hot chocolate, which actually is the best thing I have ever tasted!!! Emily and I believe it is the milk they use- whole milk instead of partially skimmed- seriously who came up with the idea of reduced-fat milk? So unnecessary. And THEN they took us to un teatro to watch a Cusquenan production. It was wonderful! It was basically a play symbolizing the fiesta de la somebody...can´t remember her name. And so it showed the battle between the Incas and the Spanish, and cultural traditions of both groups. There were acrobats and jugglers and fire spinners! Que bueno!! So yes, that was our saturday.
Sunday was even more spectacular, but it is going to have to wait until after Spanish class...
Be back soon :)