Today a day of musuems

For some reason my body woke me up early. So I laid in bed until I heard Nat stirring then took her off for her first experience with foreign ATMs and then exchanging large bills for smaller bills. Took us about an hour and half and 6 exchange counters. For a bit of a treat we then wandered down to the city center market to stroll around. We found chicken butcher street and got to see how our poultry is treated up close and personal.

Susan´s tummy is a bit upset so she stayed in the hotel while Nat, Mom and I went off to the Pre-Columbian musuem which was spectacular. Not a jumble of items, but each selected piece absolutely beautiful. We sat in the small square a bit..then headed off to the Inka Museum. A much larger place in an old colonial building with lots of stairs and ups and downs. So Mom sat out in the courtyard while Nat and I ran upstairs to look at the mummies. We then had a wonderful conversation with one of the weaving women about her weaving and her 93 year old mother and the markets. Then back to the hotel

Quiet afternoon and slow evening. I ran off for a bit to get food supplies for tomorrow. We get up at 5:am to get on a bus then the train then another bus up to Machu Picchu. Everything is taken care for us so we just have to show up.