After a night of intermittent sleep on the cold bus to Cusco, we arrived around 7:30 am. We returned to our previous homestay, Josefina’s, and were greeted with a wonderful breakfast. Afterwards everyone spent 1-4 hours on some much-needed napping. Once everyone was up and ready for lunch, we all walked to Yala, a restaurant recommendation from Josefina. 
The rest of our afternoon consisted of a trip to the San Pedro market for fruits and snacks, the alpaca store for some unique sweaters, hats, and socks, and a quick orientation from the American Inca Trail company for Machu Picchu and Rainbow Mountain! Our next two days we will all be waking up around 3:00 am, so the night was short.
-Nick Paris
EGL Family Abroad 