Estamos Aqui!!

I am writing to you from my hostel in Cuzco. I am here (estoy aquí!) Nothing "epic" has happened yet, but we are all just soaking up the sights and sounds of this new city and its surroundings. And the Andies.... oh my goodness can we say majestic!?

So from the beginning...
We started our journey flying out of JFK, terminal 4 actually. We met up with this awesome girl named Caitlin who is also on the ProWorld trip with us. It was really nice to meet someone else and get to know them. It makes the initial meetings with everyone else less awkward. So from JFK we breifly touched down in Bogatá Cloumbia and caught a plane to the Lima airport. Where we stayed for 16 hours till our flight from Lima to Cuzco took off. It was not the best night of my life. We played cards (POUNCE!), Andy's Pigmania game, talked, and read. We tried to sleep on the floor, but failed due to the airconditing unit being right above our heads. Oh well.

We were picked up from the Airport by Evalyn, a Peruvian native who works for Proworld. She explained some of the statused and buildings and symbols as we traveled through the city ot our hostel. The hostel is beautiful stained glass ceilings, huge rooms, a kitchen. and most importantly, it has that wonderful peruvian flair to it. Its like this city only has buildings from before the 19th century. It is so beautiful and a little hustle-y, but not so much that its annoying. There are street vendors everywhere with dolls, bags, food, clothes. I'm a little overwhelmed, but I know i wont be in a few weeks.

-Libby