Graham and I are currently waiting to get our taxi to the airport to catch the flight to Cusco and begin our Spanish course, so what better time to fill you in on the first few days of our adventure. To say that everything has gone smoothly would be a lie. Firstly, our connection from Madrid to Lima was cancelled and hence we´d need to catch a flight at 08.40 on Tuesday morning, following a brief stay in a Madrid hotel. This wasn´t particularly bad news as we expected a swanky hotel to be offered by the airline Comet and there was also a rumour that we´d be bumped up to first class. The flight to Madrid worked perfectly and we were right about the hotel. Massive. After a cracking buffet and a few cervezas at
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