Chocolate museum Cusco

Normally, I just ignore all the tourist offers on plaza de armas in Cusco, but when I hear something to my like, I pay attention. This was one of those times, which became a great visit to the newly opened chocolate museum, my felicidad! A great excursion with my Spanish teacher. Clara - who runs the museum together with her partner from France - opened the museum for two weeks ago. Therefore not many cusquenans know about it yet. But it is well worth a visit. Very nicely decorated, chocolate tea and submarine/argentinan hot chocolate and lots of information on cacao production. For those who wants, they could also try making their own pralines.

The chocolate museum began as an hotel initative in Nicaragua and this is the second choco museum, now in Cusco.

Chocolate and Spa

Today I was so happy! I found this little chocolate shop with Peruvian goodies, from Cusco, Arequipa and San Martin. Bought an organic chocolate bar from the Amazonas, very cool!

In the shop I also found the Inca flag to sew on my bag. Then there were a lot of coffee, piscu and products of coco leaves. In Peru tea on coca leaves are used to take away altitude problems as well as it is good for digestion (and prolly a lot of other things as well). Within these pics you can see a lot of different uses for the leaves. For a cup you take 7 or 8 leaves and let it stir for some minutes. Taste like nettle/green tea.

I also learnt today that the coca leaves are used as prayers for mother earth. Three leaves for wishes of good, letting it go by the wind…

Continuing to check out the Inca spa a bit further down on Av. El Sol (one of the main streets in Cusco), I found the beautiful puma murial and which on the other side was a fountain and waterfall under the sun symbol.