After our exhausting exploits to Machu Picchu, particularly for me (Katy) we had a day of chilling out on the Sunday before our Spanish lessons began on the Monday. We pretty much did nothing apart from venture out for lunch, dinner and hot chocolate. Spanish lessons began at 8.30 on Monday, for four hours each morning for five days with our individual teachers. My teacher was Renzo who is a similar age to me and was a good teacher. As conversation is my weakest...

After all our searching for a day bus to Cusco, we were really glad we found one as the scenery on the journey was magnificent. The bus was less luxurious than most in Peru and when they played two of the same movies twice in a row (one literally back to back), we did start to lose patience a bit! We drove through stunning Andean countryside, through mountains and past lakes. On some lakes we even saw flamingos which we really weren't expecting! We also saw more ...