Parents Only Vacation: Peru, Day 1 in Lima

Hola, amigos! Not sure what happened with that last post. I crafted an oh-so-witty update while on our 10 hour layover in Lima, but apparently the Peruvian google browser did not feel like posting it. Oh well. I can only hope I can recapture the wit and candor the Lima airport inspired.


So, Keith and I went on vacation to Peru. We spent most of the first day in airplanes and airports, so technically day 1 of vacation was the second day away from babies. We spent that day in Lima, getting to know the city and getting acclimated to country. Lima is a big, bustling city. Not much else to be said about it, really. Big city. Lots of people. People are nice. Good food. It would be a bit of a stretch to go on and on about it, so here are some pics of this day instead. 


No trip would be complete without a very expensive Sammie before we board the flight.

Soles, the Peruvian currency. One US dollar will buy you almost three soles. One sol, many soles. Not sols.

So we wandered through Miraflores, the part of Lima our hotel was in. Saw some pretty examples of Spanish invasion. I should note that I felt very tall in Peru, and I imagine that Keith felt like a giant. The Peruvians are not a tall people.

And made our way to the water's edge. The city literally drops off into the Pacific. 

And where it does, there is a big and fairly upscale shopping center. We didn't go all the way to Peru to spend a lot of time at a place we could see in the US, so we only hit the gold exhibit.

Which was oddly tucked into the lower part of the shopping center. Oro means gold, people.

 Despite what my face shows here, I did really enjoy the exhibit. It showed the use of gold in pre-Incan and Incan times in Peru. Fascinating, and a really good preview to our upcoming Inca Trail hike.

My favorite artifact in the exhibit. 

After the exhibit we continued our stroll along the cliff's edge.

Awww. Samuel loves Karina. I tried to talk Keith into going down to rearrange the rocks to read "Keith loves Trudi", but he muttered something about travel insurance not covering sliding down a cliff. Psssht. 

And then we found Lover's Park. All along the cliff's edge are little parks, but this one had the most character. And the most Lima teenagers hanging about. Don't you kids have school?

 The mosaic wall was really cool. 

And the huge lovers sculpture was....interesting.

I loved this.

More on this first day in Lima, soon. Now I must go tend to the two little men.