Dahlia & Bryan's Adventures: 2008

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Corazon de Dahlia Website Launched

Go to www.corazondedahlia.com to see the new site. Also, please check out www.corazondedahlia.blogspot.com and link it to your blog if you have one!
Thanks, Dahlia

Thursday, July 31, 2008

Play Time

Bryan and Flavio with an Alpaca Finger Puppet

Pisac

We had a fabulous time seeing the Inca ruins of Pisac with Carole and Steve.

Thursday, July 17, 2008

Sacsayhuáman: We went to see some amazing Inca ruins with Claudia and my fabulous cousins Carole and Steve who were visiting from Brooklyn. Unfortunately, Claudia´s boyfriend, Juan Carlos, who was driving, had to wait in the car for us while we went exploring the incredible site. Luckily, we happened upon an excellent tour guide who taught us a ton about the stones and the significance of the site, at the center of the Inca empire, where the last battle between the Spaniards and the Incas was fought for control over the city of Cusco.

Only 15% of the ruins still stand.

Monday, July 14, 2008

¡Viva Perú!

Arriving in Cusco: When we walked outside of the airport we were greeted by students from Daniel Estrada Perez, the school where I have done volunteer work and service projects in the past. The kids didn´t even know me, because they were too young to remember when I taught English, but they came running up to greet me with kisses anyway. Also, we got two bouquets of flowers. One was from the school, and the other was from Personal Travel Service. Practically the whole host family was there too! Mamá Laura, my sister Vivian and her two month old baby, Luciano, my sister Claudia, and my sister Fiorela. I felt so wonderful to see everyone again, and Bryan felt completely welcomed. We didn´t waste anytime. Even though we had only slept about 4 hours on the plane, we enjoyed a delicious lunch with the family, and then went to the Plaza de Armas in the center of Cusco to wander around the cobble stone streets and see the incredible Inca stonework.

El Paro: On our second day in Peru there was a national strike in efforts to improve the standard of living. In Cusco there were a few demonstrations, but nothing dangerous. In other parts of the country roads were blocked with large stones and small fires were set. Luckily, that did not affect our plans. We took advantage of the fact that there were no taxis, and walked into the center of town with our sister, Claudia.