Ollantaytambo

by mikka


Hello from our home for the next three months! We arrived here two days ago, and are staying with a very friendly family in a pretty house in a quiet neighborhood on the edge of town. Having never stayed in a homestay before, I feel a bit awkward living in another family's house, but our host family - the mother, Yoni, father Alcides and seven-year-old son Pierro - have been incredibly kind, despite our total inability to have more than the most basic Spanish conversation. It's definitely incentive to study while we're here.


The town itself is small and incredibly pretty; though we haven't really started much of our volunteer work in earnest, we have had the chance to meet some of the other volunteers, who all seem really nice, and even go to a knitting night at the local English pub (very exciting for me, possibly less exciting for Iain). Things still feel a bit vague, though after talking with some of the staff yesterday, I'm really excited about whatever the next few months hold for us - so more later, hopefully!