Bienvenido a Cuzco!

First and foremost, thank God Stacy was a four year Spanish honor student!

We left home yesterday afternoon (Friday). Each of our three flights were delayed. Chicago to Miami ... Miami to Lima ... Lima to Cuzco, but we made it here around 9 am this morning. Unfortunately our luggage did not. When checking in at O'Hare, they told us luggage would go all the way through to Cuzco. That was not true however. Apparently we were supposed to pick up our luggage in Lima baggage claim and recheck it through Customs. We received VERY little help from the airline or the hotel consierge about this and now found out that it will show up tomorrow. Unfortunately (I know I already used that word) we are leaving for Machu Picchu at 5:50 tomorrow morning and not returning to this hotel until Monday. So, I guess all that's the bad news.

The good news is that we managed to laugh alot today. What else can you do. We were prepared for an adventure and are getting just that. After checking in, we took a good cat nap :) Then it was off to explore the city. Went to the Museo Planta and learned all about the coca plant (cocaine) and other "medicinal" plants, bought shoes for Stacy (who was traveling in flip flops), made our own chocolate starting with the raw beans to the end product in a 2 hour Workshop, had pizza and Cervesa with Megan from California (who we met at chocolate class) bought alpaca socks and toothbrushes. How much more can you pack in one day. More to come!