PERU!!!!

May 1 we arrived in Arequipa, charming second largest city in Peru. We stayed at ¨La Casa de Mi Abuela¨ or the house of my grandmother, and it was an oasis nestled at the foot of snow-covered peaks but only 5 blocks from the main square of Arequipa --

the adventure to see the condors in the Colca Valley followed -- here is Mario with our driver Carlos and Mauricio, our guide. . . .

and one of the fantastic condors