Yellow underwear
Trip Start
Dec 26, 2008
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Trip End
Jan 15, 2009
Cusco,
Peru
Thursday, January 1, 2009
The girls and I started off our adventure going to the square to buy one for Gabi (the owner of the house we were priveleged to stay at), and champagn for the evening. We sipped champagn with Gabi and her family from fanci stemmed wine glasses. I felt very high class mind you :) Gabi also gave us all lentels to put into our bags for midnight (apparently this is a tradition here to ensure you will have food for the year)
After the family left for their party we showered got ready and spent an hour drinking champagne and talking about all the amazing memories from the year.
now the main course of the evening. in cusco tradition whatever you do at midnight determines how you will spend the rest of the year. So everyone gathers in the plaza de armas and runs around the plaza to ensure a year of traveling and movement.
imagine: fireworks being sold in the street, and being set aflame anywhere and everywhere, thousands of people from all over the world screaming... singing... talking... and wearing some form of yellow-red-or green. To top it off itīs pouring rain, but noone cares because there is so much excitement in the air. At midnight everyone started running. we hugged and gave kisses on the cheek to every stranger we encountered wishing everyone a happy new year. i have never been to a fiesta so big. before we knew it, it was 2am, and we were soaked to the bones (because i when i say it was raining, i donīt been san diego 1 hour shower; i mean a continuance downfall of powerful rain).
we ended up crawling in bed by 230 am, so i am sorry to say i missed san diegoīs new year by half an hour. but i know that you all must have had a good one. i felt your happiness in the morning ;)
and for those of you wondering, yes, i wore them.
michelle E
