Yesterday during Tim’s dentist appointment with our host dad (the dentist), Taza and I went to the Plaza de Armas to take some photos of the Semana Santa procession. She was a little freaked out and trembling, but I was thrilled (by the procession, not the trembling). Afterward I tried to let her walk around on her new leash in the park but quickly found out that dogs are not allowed in the park. Interestingly enough, they are allowed in restaurants, so we went to hang out at our favorite coffee shop, Cuzco Coffee Company, to wait for Tim. It’s something like the Peruvian version of Starbucks. Taza slept on my lap while I read my new book about Oscar Romero, the Salvadoran bishop martyred for his work on behalf of the poor. Fascinating.


Our friend David finished language school yesterday and is heading off to get started flying missionaries and tribal people around the jungle. For his last hoorah we are going to a nearby beach this week and returning on Saturday. I’m looking forward to beach camping, sun bathing, and seeing Taza’s reaction to the ocean.

We also are heading out soon. Next week will be our last at language school. We’re hoping after that to take a few days to visit Lake Titicaca and Colca Canyon, two big attractions of the area that somehow we never got around to seeing. Our plan is to be in Puerto Supe sometime in the first week of April.

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