August 20, 2009

August 20, 2009

Today, Thursday, we had the day off! This was because Valerie was getting interviewed for a program that National Geographic is filming about Machupicchu, called “Machupicchu: Decoded.” Yea, it’s definitely cheesy. But that’s not the point. So, Valerie talked about the Machupicchu burials she’s worked on and the trepanations found in those individuals, etc. The program will air in February I think. It’s so exciting! I can’t wait to see her when it airs!
Also, Elva, the head of the INC bone lab – the one we worked at for about a week and a half – took us out for tea as a thank you for all of our hard work. Without us, she’d be left to wash and inventory the bones with just one other person, so she was definitely grateful that we were there. We went to The Tea Rooms, this really neat restaurant here in Cusco. The restaurant was divided in to several adjoining “rooms” that were differently themed. It was so unique! The tea we had, Darjeeling, was absolutely wonderful. We also had a three-tiered dessert tray filled with mini sandwiches, cookies, regular&chocolate cheesecake, carrotcake and strawberries! (see picture. Warning: Pavlov response might be triggered.) Everything was PERFECTION. It made for a great, unexpected end to our work in the INC Lab.