Cusco is an amazing city, i love love love it!! (better than Lima any day) All of the bulidings are terricotta, all the streets are cobbled and lined with tiny coffee shops, street markets and everything is so beautiful. Around the city there are about thrity beautiful churches that are breathtaking!
Cusco was originally the ´city of the Gods´and the main city in Peru, when the Spanish invaded they conquered the city and changed the capital to Lima. Now Cusco is a hybrid of traditional Peruvians - the Quecha (the Incas were their kings) and the Spanish. Because of this mix the culture and architecture is so brilliant.
I went to the biggest market in Cusco, the meat section was revoltiong, but they told me it was traditional for menopausal women to drink beef penis soup. yuk!! I´ll suggest that remedy to work when I get back! Of course, the food here is quite interesting, on the menu last night was llama loin and guinea pig! Incidentally I met a llama today and was then offered fried guinea pig, I politely refused. As I´m sure a lot of you would do too!
Till next time
Laura
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