Hi everyone! I decided to start a blog of my South American adventures so I can keep a kind of journal for myself but also if anyone else wants to hear about what I am doing! Right now I am sitting in my hostel in Lima, Peru after having spent the day walking around Lima (specifically Miraflores and Barranco which are the wealthier neighborhoods in Peru). There are beautiful houses over looking the Pacific ocean and although it is very cloudy, it is still gorgeous.
My friend with whom I am traveling, Kevin, wanted to hang glide for his bday (which is today) but unfortunately the weather was not good. Tonight we will go to a nicer dinner (by nicer I mean instead of paying $5-7 for dinner, we will splurge on 10 or so...and this includes wine!!) and then there is a big casino scene here so we will see if we have any luck!!
Backtracking a bit, Kevin met me at the airport on Sat. evening at about 8pm. I was sooo glad that everything was on time, for the most part. We took a tiny van to our hostel and then went to dinner at about 10pm at night where we tried the national Peruvian drink, pisco sour. It is kind of like a margartia/mojito but not quite as good, I don't think!
On Sunday we went to downtown Lima where there was a plaza, Plaza de Armas, with a church surrounding it, the president's house, as well as lots of cute restaurants and shops. All in all, the first few days have been really great. It is nice to be in a foreign country again and surrounded by my favorite language! Tomorrow we are headed to Pisco, the town where they make the national drink, I believe. More to come!
