3/28  We arrived in Cusco at 6:30am, grabbed a taxi to our bed and breakfast, right in the historic district. Beautiful old house and very big. Lots of open courtyards and such. None of us really slept last night. The best bus ever, but on the worst roads ever. We are pretty sure they were dirt roads. A couple of times it felt like the bus was going to tip over. So, we got a slow start...a couple of showers and Bob napped.
Eventually we took off to explore the city. It is much bigger than I thought. This area is very nice, but tons and tons of peruvians trying to sell you something. The rest of the city, that we saw on the way in, is quite run down, dirty and lots of poverty.
The 4 of us split up as B and G wanted to do different things. T and I went to a textile museum where they were weaving and to a gigantic market (like our Broadway market during Easter, but 10 times as big).  There was a small food fair, where we tried a couple of things. We then went further and entered the local area. Oh my goodness where there people. Reminded me of Chinatown in NYC. Lots of noise, commotion, people sitting on the sidewalk selling food stuff etc. etc. etc. Quite the experience. We then went wall hanging shopping. I am really trying not to get ripped off. I want something hand made with real alpacca wool. It is hard to tell sometimes. Nothing yet. We stopped at a monument to the Inca King who developed Macchu Pichu. Lots of interesting information and we could walk up the inside to the top. Great view of the city and surrounding hills. Now T is napping before we go to the cultural museum where they demonstrate local dancing and clothes.
Tonight it is off to a local restaurant our host recommended. The main dish....guinnea pig!
Even after all that walking and stair climbing, neither of us is feeling any altitude sickness. They say you should know almost right away. Our host this morning did give us some coca tea. Maybe that helped.