A 12/26/07
So, I am currently waiting in the Miami airport (without internet so this blog posting will be a little delayed). For some reason, I have been freezing all day long which is entirely uncool. Hopefully, this blog will be kept up with better than my blog from Germany, but I am making no promises. Germany was so difficult to keep up with because we traveled to so many different places so quickly and the Internet was difficult and expensive to come by. But, on a side note Germany was awesome, spending Christmas with Clemens’s family was an awesome experience, as was New Year’s. We didn’t get to ski due to lack of snow in Garmish, but we did see the Nuevanstein (totally spelled wrong, my apologies) castle instead. All in all it was a beautiful and rewarding trip.
This trip is another adventure to Peru and Chile. For my dad and I, the itinerary is rather packed.
12/26/2007 7:45 depart from Pittsburgh…..depart from Miami at 5:30…..depart from Lima in the morning. We will be spending the night at a friend’s house in Lima, but early in the morning we will be catching a flight to Cuzco
12/27/2007 Leave for Cuzco early in the morning, see the city that day with a Rotarian contact of dad (and his daughter)
12/28/2007 Spend the day at Macchu Picchu
12/29/2007 Fly to Lima in the morning, spend the day seeing the city, then depart for Chile
12/30/2007 Arrive in Iquique early in the morning
12/31/2007 Spend New Year’s Eve on the beach!!!
1/2/2007 & 1/3/2007 Spend the day in Iquique
1/4/2007 – 1/7/2007 Visit Viña del Mar
1/8/2007 Go to the airport, check our stuff, and spend the day seeing Santiago
1/9/2007 ARRIVE HOME!!!!!!!
As much fun as it was in Miami airport, I am so excited to finally be here in Peru. Our flight ended up having a little more than a 2 hour delay (due to problems with the breaks, that’s really reassuring when your traveling) So, by the time we got through everything in Lima we didn’t get to Fito’s parents house until 3 am. It was kind of funny though because the only way they will even know we were there is the fact that we left a note, a bottle of wine, and a Christmas card (from Gary).
Today in Cuzco the weather was warm and sunny in the morning, which prompted my decision to wear my cute skirt. Then, the clouds came right when we started our tour up in the mountains and needless to say I froze my cute my butt off. I am going to load my pictures onto the website here in a little bit I hope (assuming I can find a adaptor for my computer) so that everyone can see how beautiful Cuzco is.
I’ll write a very brief history to satisfy everyone’s curiosity, but I will post a detailed version later tonight or tomorrow. I want to get the names of the places we went correct before I detail everything. Cuzco was a very important city for the ancient Incas, and in the mountains the remnants of their religious sites are still in tact. Not perfectly, but what is is amazing. The architecture is incredible, the views are gorgeous, and it is truly something worth freezing your butt off to see. ;) That’s all for now, I am going to try to load my pictures online once I find an adaptor for this computer.
Un beso para todo!!!!!
Chao chao,
Stacita
