Cusco

Gab went for breakfast at the hostel and wrote some postcards whilst Daniel slept in. After Daniel woke up we went for lunch at the Chinese restaurant next to the hostel with some of the group - very yum and much needed :)
After lunch we went to the post office to send some postcards and then came back to the hostel before going to our cooking class at a local organic restaurant.
The cooking class was incredible, we started with learning about the different fruits and vegetables (many which were staples of the Incan diet) and how they are used to make different sauces and tried all of them :)
We then walked through the herb garden and smelt/tried some of the herbs which the restaurant grows on-site.
We then proceeded to the kitchen where we first prepared a quinoa and vegetable salad followed by our main course. Gab cooked a chicken dish whilst Daniel did a beef dish. We cooked on an industrial stove top and was lots of fun getting the flames going to chargrill the meat!
Once our food was prepared we were able to sit down and enjoy it - it was delicious! We also tried a strawberry/kombucha style beer (from fermented corn) which was interesting.
After eating, the final part of the class was to prepare and drink a Pisco Sour. We measured the ingredients and shook the drinks ourselves and it was probably the best Pisco Sour we have had in Peru!
We made our way back to the hostel to meet the group before going to a beer tasting. The tasting was at the Sacred Valley Brewery and the beers were pretty good! They explained how each of the beers are named after the owners or a significant landmark etc in the Sacred Valley. Daniel's favourite was their West Coast IPA!
After the tasting, we went for a drink at Paddy’s Irish Pub before calling it a night as everyone was still quite tired from the night before!Okumaya devam et