Lima
Trip Start
Jan 17, 2008
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Trip End
Feb 01, 2008
Lima,
Peru
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
I got in contact with Julio, Peruvian friend living in Lima and that I had met in Sao Paulo, and stayed at his place.
A very nice neighbourhood and a beautiful and large house, with various spatious rooms. They are considering renting the empty ones to AIESEC trainees, which I think is a very good idea :o).
I was lucky enough to have Julio working on a flexible schedule project with the University (on introducing sustainable practices in Lima and Peru: really interesting one!!!) so he could join me on my quest of getting to know Lima, with the help of a local.
Even better it was when his mom (a lawyer, also able to make +/- her own schedule) decided to join us in town and took us by car!! Uhuu!!!
Like this, even if I only had 1 1/2 days in Lima, it was enough to get to have a good idea of the town, as we could move fast from one place to another.
They showed me around the Central Marketplace - Plaza de Armas, where Palacio de Gubierno, Palacio Municipal, and the Cathedral can be found (incredibly beautiful colonial style buildings), where we also assisted the change of guard (in front of Palacio del Gubierno). This was really a nice show: the military band was playing various songs from different regions of Peru, and several persons from the crowd assisting the event -about 10 of them - started to dance (and some were dancing really really well :o) ). A lady invited Julio to dance and a gentleman did the same with me, so I practiced a bit of my dancing skills in the center of Lima :o). Not bad for a touristic experience :))).
Other places we visited were:
- Estacion de Tren Desemparados
- Iglesia de S. Francisco
- Parque de la Muralla
- Cerro S. Cristobal
- Palacio de Justicia
- Casona San Marcos
- Miraflores
- Barranco (Restaurante Rustica - mmm... bufet... all you can eat... :o) // Puente de los Suspiros).
- we also made el "circuito de las playas".
It was a very nice walk in this town and also a very nice opportunity to see again a friend from our dear group in Sao Paulo!!!
Thank you Julio+Mom for everything!! It was great!!!
