Rewriting my trip to peru in 2012..
January 2012: "I'm home from peru! It was amazing. I wish we (my mom and I went together) were about to do more! (I do want to go back for more still) It is so beautiful here in cusco, peru! Way more than I expected! The mountains and hills are so green. The cathedrals are gorgeous. We are (mom and I) are in a tour group of 14 0r 15. All of us are leaving tomorrow morning at 7:30 to go to the sacred valley and Tuesday we start the hike up to MACCHU PICCHU! I am SO excited. This is way better than I could have imagined! Mom and I went through the Santo Domingo cathedral and it was great to see. Spain built over an incan temple, and you can tell which was built by the incans and which parts were built by Spain. There are so many stray dogs roaming around. I would totally take half them home with me if I could! It's also hard for me NOT to touch them!it really is! Our tour started yesterday. We went to the sacred valley yesterday and everything was so beautiful. We saw quite