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Mmm..... alpaca and pisco
Joe, Laura and I went to the bank followed by a cheap set lunch, S/4 ($1.70) for soup starter and main. Straight away I lead Joe to a meat meal but he will likely eat more while I'm around. We were almost finished when we watched a little boy run out onto the road following a ball. Half the restaurant held there breath as a car screeched to a stop just out of sight. The boy was fine but i think the father/restaurant owner almost died of a heart attack. The family all rushed together and the whole restaurant burst out talking.
We left (paid more for a coke than the meal) and headed to Plaza de Armas to meet Sarah.
When we made this plan we didn't expect everyone and animal would be there. There was another huge parade with dancers, walkers and large groups of people carrying very heavy floats of saints. Around the edges with the onlookers were people selling paintings, selling jewellery, selling food or things I think look like food to locals and also photos with baby animals and/or themselves. Sarah couldn't resist and she paid to get a photo with a baby sheep, or llama, or alpaca, well it was white and fluffy with gangly legs.
We tried a few times and eventually got through the procession and people and headed up to Museo Inca.
This was a Museo not to be missed before the Inca Trail as it explained all about the people and culture, and had a scale model of Macchu Picchu. The only problem was it is housed in a freezing building that is huge. The tour was much longer than we expected and we were all cold and busting by the end. I'm not sure if Joe or Laura were during more by the end. It was really good though.
From here I convinced them to venture up to the lookout I found the day or two earlier past plaza San Blas. Both are worth the trip, a lookout over the city free of wind and San Blas is a nice relaxed area in an otherwise hectic city.
We caught a few frosty ones and headed for alpaca steak at Muse, which I would highly recommend. Also, don't miss the maracuyá pisco sour, or passion fruit in English.
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