El Catedral San Francisco
...and we were right. La Paz, the capitol of Bolivia is beautiful! The cobbled streets and stone sidewalks are clean and quirky, packed with travelers and locals alike. Skyscrapers touch the clouds, thin brick homes tenuously cling to the hillsides, and well maintained colonial buildings line each plaza. Best of all, the food is far better than the food we have been eating in Peru. We ate empanadas for lunch, standing on the street corner, stuffing ourselves to the gills with the potato, squash, and beef filling and dousing each bite with a sweat-inducing salsa and cooked onions. I am craving another, even now when I should be preparing for bed. Fortunately, there is always tomorrow!
Llama fetuses at the witch market.
Later we strolled through el mercado de brujas ("the witch market") and surveyed wrinkly old women peddling dried plants, candles, and crates of desiccated llama fetuses. Seeking shelter from the afternoon hail and rain storm, we camped in a coffee shop, savoring South American style hot chocolate and creamed pumpkin soup. After searching for white gas for the camp stove for an hour with no luck, we realized that we should have bought a llama fetus for good luck.
La Paz from the San Francisco Bell Tower
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