Cusco, Peru - part IV

pack backing is so much fun :D last night we went out to eat with couple of people who i met at the inca trail trip. they also brought their friends with so there were 9 of us. one of the girls ordered the famous fried guinea pig... wow.. it was the whole animal on the plate.. everything was there... little legs and the head with eyes, ears and of course teeth. it was lying on its stomach with his legs all spread out and it had a little tomato hat on its head :D oh it was great. the girl who ordered it was willing to share it with the rest of us so i tasted guinea pig last night :D tasted like chicken. they also took pictures and i´m hoping to get hold of those pictures as well.

then after dinner we went out to the bars :) over here they try to get you to go to their bar by offering a free drink.. so we went to one, had free drinks, danced and then moved on to the next one to have more free drinks :D but one guy had been collecting the free drink coupons for that particular place so we stayed there for a quite long time :D it was lots of fun :)

so yes, i´m having tons of fun here :D it is becoming so that i run into people on the streets who i actually know :)

today my spanish school starts... i will also try to book the tour to floating islands on lake titicaca today... and buy the train ticket tomorrow perhaps. i still have some serious sight seeing to do here.. i´m hoping to find some time in the afternoons after my spanish lessons.

last tuesday afternoon, day before the inca trail, i visited the cathedral here. this is the largest art collection in Cusco... and yes there were lots and lots of paintings. and they also had their own version of the famous "The Last Supper" ... and on the plate there was a guinea pig :D then in one of the altars i found Christ on the cross.. nothing too surprising right :D .. but he was black :D, i mean his skin color was all black :) i have no idea what the deal is with that and i´ve never seen anything like this before.