breathless in cuzco

I know Peter posted earlier but i thought i´d add this bit from an email to my parents and a few friends just now...

not sure if peter wrote you earlier but we´re safe in cuzco and getting used to the altitude. the streets are cobblestoned where we are but not that steep considering st. john´s. but if you took st. john´s and shot it up into the sky 3kms i guess the hills would be similar.

the bus ride -tho luxury with big seats was brutal and we just found out that that route takes you over three 4000m passes! sounds about right! mom those ginger candies saved me from actually getting sick in the middle of the night. it was the whole thing with dizzzziness, bad headache, puffy face and nausea 0oops! Ed you were right about buses but we couldn´t fly and we did get to see alot from the bus. anyhow a few hours of sleep when we got in set us straight after that altitude and a bad nights sleep. I figure that that has got to be good for us getting used to cuzco which is lower.

we came here to see the festival of the crosses but cuoldn´t find it so we sat down for a beer and processions of families with crosses started just passing right by us! ç

anyhow I¨m still a bit out of it but its getting better
Hola!
Evelyn

PS to add to this Cuzco is lovely and its so relaxed!