Semana Santa, Day 3: Part I

A walk outside Cusco in five parts:
Part I: San Cristobol Church

We woke up around 5:30 and left the hostel around 8:00am. We walked down to Procuedores street and ate at La Tertulia Grill. We had some tortillas (omelets) and hot chocolate to give us an energetic start to the day. Then we did some quick shopping of necessities for the hike in a few days. Finally, we were ready to jump head first into our first tourist day in Cusco.

A small 10 minute uphill walk from town we stopped at San Cristobol Church. This church was christened by the last Inca (even though it is called the Incan civilization, the Inca was only the king) who outwardly converted to Christianity and built this church over looking the city. This was most likely a very smart move to stay alive. Though Cristobol Paullu Inca was well known as a puppet Inca of the Spaniards, unlike his predecessors during the time of the Spanish invasion he was able to keep his head! Here there are beautiful views of the city and families in traditional dress waiting for a few soles ($$$) to pose for a picture.

Quickly, a small boy named Alfredo comes up to us and he practices his English and we do the same with our Spanish. We agree to take his picture if his younger sister joins him. We never caught her name other than HERMANA, HERMANA (sister, sister). But they were cute kids and the city backdrop was great.