Leon De Oro Inn And Suites Lima

... no rhyme or reason but they do it somehow. Yesterday Herbert drove us to a Peruvian coffee shop... all this other stuff is heart gripping and so amazing BUT.... OH MY WORD THE COFFEE!!!!! I was hooked :) <br><br>Alfonso drove us from the mall to our hotel. We went through a part of Lima... again... different world. It was the part as Jeff described "where you get things real cheap and you don't ask where they got ...

... sporting the same look.<br><br><br><br>The Double Whammy<br>I took that one on the chin, took a classic picture of my poker dot legs and went to bed. However at 2am I was welcomed to deaths door with a violent tummy bug - with very much both end action. This would have been slightly more bearable if it hadn't been the night we'd opted for a shared bathroom across the hostel court yard. Nice. I'm guessing the whole first floor heard me.<br> <br ...

... is also bursting with Casinos and other gambling joints.<br><br>We are staying at The Inca Frog, a $44 a night B&amp;B that has the luxury of hot water, soap and plasma TVs. But no heating. It is late Spring here and, once again, we have to dress for bed. Debbie notices that the one blanket covering the bed barely reaches the sides and, thoughtfully, demands an extra blanket so that Sven can enjoy a modicum of warmth in the night and avoid another fight for the bed ...

... I'm excited for it. Last "class" involved beer drinking at the professor´s house and a free dinner of anticucho (cow heart medallions) completely "gratis".<br><br><br>Other things of note:<br><br>-Headed to La Isla de los Lobos Marinos tomorrow. Will be bringing my camera so that I can finally take some pictures. Expect those to be posted tomorrow night.<br>-Was walking down the street towards the University when I passed by a group of cheeky high school ...

... government information for cars, strange. Shops were full of people, all the latest fashions.<br><br>I went into one church, bought a 2 dollar top, and then took a cab back to Shane at the hostel. Got an avocado and limes to make my day especially nice. We then went out for lunch and had one of the local restaurants Menu de Dia &#8211; starter and main with a drink for about 2.50 Australian. Helped us as we waited for our tax&#8230;&#8230;..ATO VENDETTA&#8230;.ahem&#8230;..<br><br>

... walked under them.  The church should remind ladies in skirts not to stand over them during services.  'Nuff said.<br>According to our guide, there are 25 thousand people buried here over 3 centuries.  However, when an archeologist went to go dig up some of them, the humidity had gotten to a lot of the bones other than the heads, legs, and arms.  So, he took what remained and sorted them into large bins in the floor.  The catacombs also have some brick wells designed to help ...

... morbid but it was so cool to see the history and how it has all been preserved. We also saw the second most important library in South America. It has 25,000 books and has the first Spanish dictionary there. The books there range from the 16th to the 20th centuries! How cool, right? They had big books there as well. The big ones were used for choirs so they could read the lyrics in olden days. We couldn't take pictures in any of these places ...

... couldn't eat it all, but she always fed us generously. We left her 150 soles ($50), two cigarette lighters (she loved those for starting her cooking fire), two flashlights (one was coveted by the 8-yr-old because it made colors look neon-like), 10 small rolls of toilet paper, two rain ponchos. Estefa's older daughter was learning to knit and I bought a small hat for our granddaughter, Ava. Estefa accompanied us to ...

Woke up today at 11am, jet lag at its best.... Started the day by heading to the local shopping center that is located right on the ocean. The fog was thick but still warm out today. Found a few buys such as a purse made out of llama leather and locally made jewelry. Then jumped in a cab to head to the local outdoor markets. Hundreds of stalls filled with local goods and were able to buy ...

... my coffee. Linda quickly showed me around Miraflores, and we had a great time. Demitiri was very entertaing, as well, but spent a great time in his room, holed up, writing his memoir, or whatever. Shortly after I arrived, I met a gal named Debbie, from England, who had come to the SAE clubhouse to buy a membership. She was staying down the road at a hostel, and she and I joined up for Spanish ...