Happy Belated Thanksgiving!!!!
It's been a while since either Cora or I have blogged, so here's a brief overview of what we've been doing!!
Cora went with Patrick, a housemate to Lima for 5 days while I was in the jungle at the beginning of November. She took lots of pictures, went to lots of museums, and got her fill of cathedrals! Then, on November 13th, Cora left Cusco, Peru for Buenos Aires, Argentina to meet up with Michelle and Maria, two English girls we met at La Florida. While there she has been sight-seeing and getting to know the city, which she loves and says she definitely will return to some day! Currently she is traveling on bus to Rio, stopping on both the Argentinian and Brazilian sides of the Iguazu Falls, hopefully taking lots of pictures!! :)
As for me, I returned to the jungle for the third time, making it a total of 20 days spread out over a month and a half that I spent there. As usual I loved it and didn't want to leave!!! I began TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) on Monday, and already love it!! It's like being back and school, I have homework and 6 hour days, but I enjoy the material so much I don't mind! In another 3 weeks, I'll have completed the course, and will travel to Lima for a few days, and then head to Florianopolis, the next leg of our trip to meet up with Cora!!! I'm looking forward to seeing her, it's been just of two weeks without her and Cusco is just not the same!!! Other new adventures for me was trying Chicha for the first time, a corn drink fermented by spit. It was a once in a lifetime experience, I'm not a fan. I went to Pisac, a quaint town about 45 minutes outside of Cusco known for their artesenal market, with lots of good bargains! And, to celebrate my first Thanksgivings away from home, the La Florida crew all cooked and ate dinner at a friends apartment, with all the traditional foods: stuffing, green bean casserole, sweet potatoe casserole, mashed potatoes, and apple pie for dessert!!! The not so traditional being roasted chicken and french fries!!!! It was a really unique evening, an Australian, 3 Canadians, and a bunch of Americans, but we've all formed a tight-knit family here and Cusco, and I couldn't have asked to spend the night any better!!!
I hope everyone is healthy and happy and enjoying the changing seasons back at home!!!
Simon and Danny, a couple of the guys I met in the jungle.
Polly the parrot. She could say hola and coca cola!
Cora's first time on a horse!!!
