Hi everyone! Molly here. Today, the leaders and I woke up and went for breakfast at our friend Poncho's. After a delicious meal of banana pancakes we headed back to El Tambo, where we met up with the students, all of whom came back to us overflowing with stories about how wonderful their first nights in the homestays were. This morning we had a wonderful tour of the Sun Temple that sits overlooking Ollantaytambo. We learned about how amazingly advanced the Incan architecture was and saw their religious symbols carved into the walls. It was gorgeous! After that we gave the students some free time in town before sending them back to their homes for lunch. Then we met up back at El Tambo and walked about an hour to Anchopacha, a very poor community where Groton groups have done work in the past. We saw the basketball hoops they installed and the walls they painted, as well as the community center that they helped to build. I even got a special treat when I saw my younger brother Jared's initials and handprints on the wall from his trip a few years ago! Tomorrow there is a big festival in town that all the students are very much looking forward to! One of them will be blogging tomorrow. We can't wait to tell you all about it!
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