There was some confusion regarding our luggage the evening before on the bus back from the Larco Museum. Our guide, Isabelle - nice young woman - wasn't as good about the logistical details as Danny. Actually, we were pretty sure nobody was going to be as good about logistical details as Danny.
I had to ask her twice if we were expected to bring our own luggage downstairs - it didn't matter, we just needed to know if there was a time that our bags were supposed to be out in the hallway (5:15 a.m.). And then she forgot about the other 2 people in the same boat. And she told us there would be no breakfast bag. Again, not a big deal, just needed to know what we needed to do.
Next morning, our bags were picked up the instant they wee out there (a couple of minutes after 5:00 a.m.). And when we came down to the lobby apparently there were breakfast bags for us as well. A woman we had not met before came up to us to ask us what was for breakfast (turkey and cheese sandwiches) - after a bit more confusion, turns out she was on the *next* Trafalgar tour leaving for Cuzco. And we were on our way home. So we figured breakfast bags were made for everybody labeled "Trafalgar" regardless whether they were coming or going.
The ride to the airport was easy (leaving at zero-dark-thirty helps), checking in was easy, the flight was easy (finished book #5 for this trip), we arrived 45 minutes early, and zipped through passport control in some kind of record time (no more than 10 minutes). One last goodbye to our new friends from Michigan who had been on the flight with us.
Before we knew it, we had our luggage in our van that was parked at the Holiday Inn in Sterling for the last two weeks. Though we decided to stick around and have dinner to make sure we were past rush hour before heading out.
And just like that, we were home. So looking forward to a full night's sleep.
As a last note - in case you are not aware, I collect elephants. It was pretty hard finding elephants in Peru. Actually found only one, in the market in Machu Picchu Pueblo. I call it my Inca Elephant:
Anyway, thank you all for following me for the last two weeks. Of course, this means I immediately begin planning Excellent Adventure 2017 - currently a two week counter-clockwise road trip from Flagstaff, AZ, starting at the Grand Canyon and making our way through assorted national parks and ending up in Lost Wages - I mean, Las Vegas.
Until then - Hasta luego, amigos!
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