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Today was our recovery day. We both know a little Spanish, but this was our first adventure really putting it into practice. One of our first adventures was to find and successfully drop our clothes off at a laundromat. Pretty much everything had a bit of a pungent smell and we needed a real washing machine to get our clothes clean (not just me cleaning our clothes with a bar of soap in the river like I had done for the past 8 days) . Not only did we find the laundromat, but they understood us! We also ordered food and soon realized that asking "por todos condimientos" is not the best thing to do in Peru. They put different stuff on their food and actually quite a bit of mayonaise. For some more practice, we went to a grocery store. It was fun trying to learn important food words, get a feel for the prices, and see what folks from Lima eat.
Lima is right on the coast and thus, they put miles of parks at the edge of the cliffs looking out into the great Pacific. We spent hours walking along this conglomeration of parks. By far, our favorite was El Parque del Amor. It has a statue of 2 people embracing and is surrounded by a ~200 ft long mosaic filled with quotes about love along its path. It was a beautiful park.
Barrancos is more of a bohemian part of town filled with really nice resturants, cool churches, and a great central square. This is certainly an upscale part of town.
One part that we found very interesting is that there are dogs that walk around every so often and it is obvious that they own the place. Not vicious or anything; they just walked with confidence, nodded to the leashed dogs passing by, and crossed the street like real city-goers.
After hours of walking, we caught a cab back to the hostel and got dinner at un resturante chino (Chinese). Now that was fun ordering. Ha! We watched Spanish cartoons during our meal and learned that Discovery Kids is called "Discovery Kids" in Spanish. It was good, but the meal seemed no different than one we would find in the States.
Lima is right on the coast and thus, they put miles of parks at the edge of the cliffs looking out into the great Pacific. We spent hours walking along this conglomeration of parks. By far, our favorite was El Parque del Amor. It has a statue of 2 people embracing and is surrounded by a ~200 ft long mosaic filled with quotes about love along its path. It was a beautiful park.
Barrancos is more of a bohemian part of town filled with really nice resturants, cool churches, and a great central square. This is certainly an upscale part of town.
One part that we found very interesting is that there are dogs that walk around every so often and it is obvious that they own the place. Not vicious or anything; they just walked with confidence, nodded to the leashed dogs passing by, and crossed the street like real city-goers.
After hours of walking, we caught a cab back to the hostel and got dinner at un resturante chino (Chinese). Now that was fun ordering. Ha! We watched Spanish cartoons during our meal and learned that Discovery Kids is called "Discovery Kids" in Spanish. It was good, but the meal seemed no different than one we would find in the States.
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