Happy thanksgiving everyone!

i hope this finds you well and enjoying the holiday! eat some sweet potatoes for me!!!
mom, you will be happy this year that you don´t need to make vegetarian stuffing!

marc and i celebrate this fine north american holiday today in cusco. we will be visiting four different archeological sites (inca ruins) around the cusco area. This evening we will celebrate the holiday with friends we have met along the way. marc has two friends from his volunteer position currently in cusco, so we will meet up with them. my roomate stephanie from atlanta will join us and we will all find a spot to have "thanksgiving dinner.."

this trip has been many "firsts" for both of us, this included. a holiday in another country. today it is sunny and temps in the 60´s. not a trace of holiday decorations anywhere! i find it funny that i´ll be coming home to snow after spending this time in such a sunny, warm (sometimes hot) climate!

marc and i leave for the big daddy tomorrow-machu pichu! we are looking forward to seeing this once in a lifetime destination. the weekend is spent exploring that area and we return to cusco sunday night. on tuesday, we both depart peru for argentina. i will say goodbye to cusco with mixed feelings, it has been really difficult at times and really wonderful at times. needless to say we´re both really looking forward to a change.. we will spend two weeks in argentina and at that point i will return to the states. marc will then head to the southern tip of the continent and work his way up chile where in santiago, three weeks after me, he departs for home.

we will keep writing as there are more adventures ahead!
love and happy thanksgiving,
jess and marc