We arrived in Lima on Saturday afternoon ready to be at sea level once again and to sample the pleasures of city life after our almost three weeks in the country.
How wonderful to be in a city where it's warm--time for sandals and sleeveless shirts--and the Pacific Ocean is right on your doorstep. Dinner that night was fantastico at Astrid y Gaston, a true temple of Peruvian food.
Next day, Sunday, we did like so many Peruvian families and strolled ever so leisurely along the cliffs above the ocean to Barranco, a district of wonderful old colonial architecture, some decrepit but others in various stages of restoration. We stopped for lunch--ceviche, of course--at a local restaurant with a view of the ocean below. That night, we met Rogelio, a friend of Jake's, and his girlfriend and sampled chifa, Peruvian chinese food. Pretty much like American chinese food but without the spice.
Today, we spent the morning being model tourists roaming around il centro or the historic district. Highlight of the morning was our tour of the catacombs of the monastery of San Francisco. Our tour guide for this particularly eerie expedition was a very nervous young man who spoke in rapid fire and low decibel English with a pronounced lisp rendering him completely incomprehensible to all of us on the tour.
We escaped the catacombs and took off for lunch at La Mar, a hip and happening spot for ceviche in Milleflores, an upscale area of Lima. The place was packed but we happily sipped our pisco sours while waiting for our table and a sampling of fabulous ceviche.
To view my photos of our all too brief visit to Lima, click here.
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Oh Ellen..........what fabulous photos. Wanted to run out to rent Shangri La (was very moved by that movie all those years ago) A trip of a lifetime indeed. Thank you for providing those of us who only 'think' about the Wonders of the World to experience it through you. You are quite remarkable in your attempt to get it all in while the getting is good.
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