Peru

I woke up this morning to silence and an empty apartment. An hour later Nick and Millie returned with a breakfast sandwich, coffee, and delicious pastries. Millie ate most of my pastries even though she already had her own, but wouldn’t have it any other way. She played for a while and we did more…

Boring and long travel day today. We arranged with our hotel to have a driver pick us up at 9am to drive us the 2 hours to the Cusco airport. It ended up being nearly 3, along bumpy roads and traffic, but luckily we had plenty of time and no one got car sick. We…

Today was a great day. At breakfast we reviewed our original plan, which was to take a 45 minute taxi into a neighboring town to visit a museum. None of us were very into it. We came back to our room and spent about an hour lazing around and trying to come up with a…

Millie FaceTimed with my mom while we got ready this morning. She baked a cake while Millie chatted away. Technology is amazing. After about an hour together, we left the hotel to walk to the original Ollantaytambo village. This took us through the town square and into cute meandering streets. Ollantaytambo is the only site…

Today marks two weeks until we fly home to Austin. That’s like a normal vacation away! I know it will go so quickly. People have asked us how we feel about it and the answer is: ready. Nick can’t wait to get out in the garden, and I can’t wait to cook in my kitchen.…

The earliest Machu Picchu tickets we could get after the long line-waiting were Noon, so we had a pretty leisurely morning. We walked over to the bus stop area just before 11 and were faced with yet more lines to get on. I assumed the worst (PTSD from overnight line) but it moved somewhat quickly…

Today started either very late or very early, depending on how you look at it. I had my alarm set for 3:30AM so I could go and get in line for Machu Picchu tickets. Whenever I have early alarms like this I sleep terribly with anticipation. I checked the time hourly from 10PM onwards, and…

We booked a 10:30 departure so we weren’t in a big rush to get out of the hotel. We had breakfast and Millie worked on her book with her work scattered all around her. We walked about 10 minutes to the station. I am constantly so grateful that we’ve packed light enough that a 10…

Another hotel breakfast and then we set out for one of the museums that was closed yesterday: the regional historical museum of Cusco. It was a strange mix of things, part ancient history, part pre-Columbian, and part Spanish influence… but none got very deep. We were in and out within an hour or so. My…

We slept great and had a not-so-great hotel breakfast. We felt mostly fine. A little light-headed and off, but definitely no serious altitude sickness. We agreed to take it easy and just go to see some museums for the day. We walked a couple of blocks to get a “boleto turistico”/tourist ticket which will get…