We finally made it to Bill and Nic's B&B - our next home for the week. They are two expats who left the States to help out in Peru. They started working at a school about an hour from Cusco. Now they have four children and a hen named Tomasito along with their house in Cusco where they run their B&B.

Cusco is over 11,000 ft. high in altitude. People usually start in Cusco and stay a few days to adjust to the altitude on their way to Machu Picchu. Altitude can affect people in different ways, so it's best just to give yourself time. I had a headache for the first 24 hours, after that, I think we were all fine.

We spent our first couple of days walking around the city. We found the main spots, the Plaza de Armes and the churches. It was overcast, and you never knew if or when it was going to rain. We got caught in the rain our first day and it didn't really let up until much later. After that, we didn't have too many problems with the rain. We were advised to dress in layers because you just never know.

We visited two good places for lunch...Jack's and Paddy's. We hit a lot of the local spots in historical Cusco for our meals. All of them were good.

I think the best part about Bill and Nic's place was the people. Bill was incredibly helpful with all things Cusco. He helped purchase our Machu Picchu tickets (apparently you can't buy children's tickets online) and he arranged some pretty unbelieable excursions. He had some great guests as well. I have to give a shout out to Whitney and Ashley. They were actually on our flight to Cusco from Lima and then we all ended up at Bill's place. We all worked through our tourist adventures together. They are two intelligent, adventurous girls who enriched our stay.

You can hike to the Incan ruins in the background.

Liam playing Hide and Seek with Bill's daughter