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<\/a><\/p>\nThe Cusco main plaza is really beautiful. We spent a lot of time sitting there, people watching and soaking in the sunshine and beautiful architecture.<\/p>\n\n
We later went on a free walking tour of the city and learned that Cusco was originally an Incan city with beautifully constructed walls and buildings. However, the architecture we had been admiring was a bit more sinister. When the conquistadors came to conquer and destroy the Incas, they wanted to \u201csend a message\u201d to the remaining Incas they enslaved, and as a power play they build all of their government buildings and churches on top of the centuries old Incan walls and buildings. So you don\u2019t see much of what\u2019s left, until you start wandering the alleys of Cusco and looking at the bases of the buildings.<\/p>\n
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We also got to meet a very sweet man who crafts traditional instruments and was kind enough to play them for us. We tried our hand at playing them, but couldn\u2019t come anywhere close to making the beautiful music that he did.<\/p>\n
Our other adventures in Cusco revolved around food. We visited the San Pedro Market almost everyday to try some authentic Peruvian food \u2013 from soups, to ceviches, to menus del dia \u2013 it was all delicious.<\/p>\n\n Well except for that bet that Rick lost\u2026. If you\u2019re following me on Facebook you may have already seen this play out. As we were walking around Cusco, Rick commented that we should drop the subject we were talking about and \u201cdon\u2019t ________ a dead horse\u201d. Rick\u2019s choice of phrase was \u201cdon\u2019t KICK a dead horse\u201d\u2026 after he said it a couple of times, I asked if he meant \u201cdon\u2019t BEAT a dead horse\u201d. He promptly told me I was wrong\u2026 we laughed at each other. But I couldn\u2019t let it go at that. Over a beer, I asked if he was serious about the saying and he said dead serious, I was crazy and wrong, and \u201ccome on, Liz, you\u2019re a horse person, you should know this saying\u201d.<\/p>\n Side note \u2013 this is the beauty of not having cell phones and internet access at all times. Back home, you would have just googled it and been done, but since we didn\u2019t have access we debated it and got to joke about it for a while. And eventually made a bet.<\/p>\n So I made a bet with him that who ever was incorrect had to eat the icky Frog Soup we saw in the market. And we agreed that the winner would be determined by what our friends on Facebook said — Big thank you to everyone who weighed in!! \u00a0(at least, from me…)<\/p>\n We got some very creative and excellent responses, but ABSOLUTELY NO ONE said \u201ckick\u201d. The results were in and it was overwhelmingly \u201cbeat\u201d. And so Rick got to enjoy some lovely Froggy Soup!<\/p>\n\n Our final culinary adventure in Cusco was the infamous Cuy, Guinea Pig. It\u2019s a delicacy in Peru. They stuff it with herbs, roast it whole and, just to add an element of animal disgrace, make it where a vegetable hat.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n