Christmas in Cusco and Machu Picchu

Christmas celebrations everywhere have at least one common thread: a time for family and friends to gather together.   But, the traditions we each have for celebrating can vary greatly (even from town to town).   While shops in our cozy town of Bozeman are closing early, our friends down in Cusco are taking to the Plaza […]

Holy week festivities in Cusco

In keeping with the Andean tradition of vibrant, colorful celebrations to mark religious occasions, Cusco unveils a whole host of processions and specialties in the week leading up to Easter Sunday. Every day last week there was a parade complete with singing choirs of children and ornately sculpted religious figures on floats covered in floral […]