Cusco

I arrived in Cusco yesterday morning. The youngest daughter of the family that I´m staying with picked me up from the airport. She´s very sweet as is the the rest of the family. Later that day we went to the center of Cusco and it´s lovely. Very small and ancient. I did see a lot of poverty yet, mostly the "Indigenas", the name of the natives which ancestors were Indian. As soon as I find out how to post photos I will include them in the message. I went to the school to introduce myself. Tomorrow I will hear in the morning where and at what time I will be working. Because they had many volunteers already in the "niños de calle" project, I asked for something that was less popular. And in an orphanage a bit further there are less volunteers, so I guess that´s more useful. So I hope they will place me there tomorrow. Today there were elections for the congress of Cusco, and as the family that I live with is politically very active, we went to the elections, so I got a good view of how those things go in Cusco. Verry funny detail, after voting they paint your finger very pink, like that you can´t vote more than once :-) Yesterday I decorated the christmas tree with Mariana (the youngest daughter of 22). They celebrate Christmas even more like us, in their own way. With small things and less money than the west, they make it just as cosey and sweet. I do miss Holland a bit but as I start working and learning Spanish tomorrow the days will pass quickly. Keep you posted about the orphanage.