Day 4

Today I had lunch with a new friend from e states.  I know her aunt and uncle and she ate at my restaurant once.  So we kind of new each other.  She married a Peruvian that she met in London of all places.  They have one daughter 15 months old and she is expecting her second.  She has invited me to stay with them in a house in Pisac when I move to Cusco. I brought her some Boudreauxs Butt Cream from the states.  Apparently the diaper creams in Peru are not good. Two girls and I walked to e Inca Mart and I bought a couple of small things.  I am trying to wait until I leave so I do not have to carry so much to Cusco.   So I will go on a grand buying spree on the 18th and for now try to just window shop and compare prices. You do not have to ask for organic here it pretty much is all organic.  The chickens are not pumped full of hormones.  Everything I've had has been delicious.  For lunch I had the equivalent of a Philly cheesesteak but the seasoning was excellent. For dinner my host family made a simple dessert of bananas, cinnamon, sugar and she said just a touch of Pisco,  The local liqueur.    I learned that way way back they used to give the slaves the hearts, livers, brains etc of the animals.  Then they saw the slaves were growing big and strong because it was so rich they started using it.  I assured him I did not care to eat heart.  He said if I put it on a plate and I do not tell you what it is?  I said that would be very bad of you.  He promised he would not sneak that in on me.