Wednesday, July 11 Exploring Barranco and Leaving Lima
We had another good breakfast at the Miraflores
of corn meal panqueques with maple syrup. This day the weather was a
normal winter day for Lima, the garua, the fog that hangs over the city
– no rain ever, just fog – had settled back in. We took a taxi to Barranco, the
area just south of Miraflores, and walked around the old mansions and gardens
overlooking the ocean. One mansion is now the Pedro de Osma Art Museum and we
explored the rooms of 16th and 17th century art, admiring
the beautiful wooden floors and stained glass and painted glass windows.
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Old electric street car in Barranco |
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| Pedro de Osma Art museum |
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| Black Madonna |
We took
a taxi back to Miraflores to the Huaca Pucllana adobe pyramid that sits
in the middle of the city. We had made a lunch reservation at the restaurant of
the same name that sits with wonderful views of the structure and had one last
memorable meal in Peru. I had my last Pisco Sour and we split a plate of yuca
spirals with huancaina dipping sauce. I then had trout and Bob enjoyed a
superb roast cabrito (goat). We split a dessert of four Peruvian shots
glasses filled with chocolate flan with cherimoya foam, rice pudding, Suspiro
de limeña, traditional Lima dessert of dulce de leche
custard with meringue and Lúcuma mousse.
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| Huaca Pucllana adobe pyramid |
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| Pre-schoolers visit the pyramid |
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| Yuca spirals with cheese sauce |
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| Shot glass dessert |
We walked back to our room, napped, packed
and at 7:15 hauled our bags to the lobby to check out, and there was José, the
very reliable guy who had picked us up at the Lima airport on Monday. We
managed to communicate a bit about our adventures and told him how much we
enjoyed Miraflores. We arrived at the airport, checked in, went through at
least two security checks, and managed to get into the all-airline elite club
for some snacks and relative peace and quiet. We boarded at 9:45 into our
Business Class seats, ate a nice dinner and awoke at 5 AM in Miami.
Thursday, July 12 – Arriving home
We got through immigration and customs
without too much trouble, went back through security, found the Admiral’s Club
for a newspaper and juice, before boarding the luxurious 777 and our First
Class pods once again. We’re pros at this by now and stretched out into our
beds, had Bloody Marys, omelets, & watched movies. I fell asleep and missed
out on the warm cookies and citrus drink, but the kindly steward got me some
cookies just before we landed. How will we ever fly coach again?
We caught the courtesy bus to our car at the
Sheraton Four Points, and drove home through some heavy traffic. After
unloading we picked up Madeline who howled all the way home! Another great
adventure!
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| Welcome to LA! |
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