Another batch of field students, another excuse to go to the Inti Raymi faire! I took the first two archaeoastronomy students to arrive to the Parque de la Exposición to partake in the festivities. This time, the next to last day of the faire, had a much larger turnout. There were more booths set up as well. I bought some wooden knicknacs like bookmarks and stuff from one booth. While I stopped buying things for my now-ex-girlfriend Kristin, I figure a future girlfriend might like it. That’s right ladies, going out with me has door prizes!
Ahem, anyway the students seemed like the dive-in headfirst sort so I had them all buy the anticuchos and tripe plate from my previous trip. They all tried the tripe, and while it didn’t fit their tastes exactly, they get credit for having some. We walked around some more as it got later into the night. I picked up some refrigerator magnets depicting Peruvian staples such as empanadas and purple corn. In the real-food category I had some ponche, which is like rice pudding but with quinoa and more liquidy. There was the option of adding a shot of pisco to it but I declined.
{The booth where I got some delicious ponche}
I also had some manjar blanco, a condensed milk spread. To wash it all down I had a cup of freshly made cane juice. The new students tried some pisco sours: we were all hopeful because the girl at the booth made a blender full, but then only poured out two shots worth for them. Even so, I think we all had a good time!
*I tried to look up the phrase “door prize” on Google to make sure I got the definition right. I found out that it is also a slang term for when someone hits a bicyclist with a car door. That makes my sentence above a lot more hilarious.
we need a term in english for that! hmmm, i’m trying to think of one better than just using “door prize” itself, but that is perfect actually, haha! i was thinking something like “san francisco treat”, but door prize works better.