Peru Update I

Estamos aqui! Peru update from Heather this morning:

We made it, safe and sound. The flights were long and sleepless, so yesterday was tough in terms of staying awake once we got to the Amauta school in Cusco. Everyone likes their host families and feels welcome! Today is the first day of classes, students are in them right this minute. Yesterday, we had an orientation and a bus tour of some ruins near the city. A few students have already purchases the classical Peruvian hats and sweaters. The Cucsco streets are a wondrous mixture of bright colors, stone streets, and crazy traffic. The blend of colonial Spanish architecture with the Incan stone masonry -- beautiful!

The kids are speaking a lot of Spanish already and enjoying the sights. A beautiful city.

There is an internet cafe here so the kids will undoubtedly be communicating later tonight or tomorrow with their parents.

We are headed to our first volunteer work this afternoon, after lunch. Will endeavor to send photos tomorrow or the next day. All is well. I´m glad we have our intrepid and forceful Spaniard with us, Olga had to take the school to task a bit yesterday as they were sort of changing little things here and there that would cost more. Olga said, NO! They relented and we created an alternative itinerary to Machu Pichu (which is definitely not going to happen) that sounds wonderful. Once that is confirmed,¨today or tomorrow, I´ll let you know what that is.

All is well. Wish you were here. It´s such a great city, and the surrounding landscape is phenomenal!

Give everyone our best.

Heather