Observations

• There is WAY more pizza in Peru than I expected. And hamburgers.
• There are much fewer americans. I've only seen one or two, and meeting people that speak english appears to be harder than I expected. Most are from the UK or speak English the way I speak French--as a second, very painful language. Yet, I don't feel so bad about my spanish as English seems to be the common denominator in hotels and restaurants around here more often than not (I hear a lot of ordering in english, and then conversation in German, French, Italian, Japaneese, and other unidentifiable langauges).
• The museum about the Ice Princess (the mummy they found in 1995 preserved frozen on top of one of the mountains) was one of the coolest museums I've visited.
• One can be visciously scolded out of a cathedral in a language that one doesn't know, and completely get the gist. (I think a mass was about to start, even though its TUESDAY and there were no signs.)
• Absolutely no one can understand my spanish, even when I use the correct words.
• An 8-person dorm room can end up being an extremely cheap private room, but that kinda sucks when the point is to meet people.
• A lack of english spell check is undoubtedly making this much more fun for you all to read.

**Tomorrow AM I leave for the Colcha Canyon treck, so don't freak out if there isn't a post until late on Thursday night. I suspect there won't be internet, although there may be... It seems to be everywhere around here.