Lima is a beautiful city off the coast of the Pacific Ocean. Since it is right on the shoreline, it is very unique and beautiful and reminded me a lot of Barcelona. We had so much fun in Lima. We started out by exploring the Miraflores area in which we were staying in. This trendy hotspot boasts plenty of gastronomical eateries that would appeal to most foodies, and even has restaurants that reminded me of the good ole ATX that would appeal to the hipsters that dine in South Congress. Lima is now one of the top five culinary cities in the world and loves to show off its culinary fusion foods and boy do they have some good eats. Anyway, after exploring the area in which we were residing in, we took a tour of the actual city. Words cannot express the architectural beauty of this old world yet modern city. I wish I could post a picture on here, but the iPad is stupid. Anyways, the cathedrals were spectacular, but reflected the cruelty and thievery of the Catholic churches on the native peoples, the Quechua (the kings of the Quechua were known as the Incas. We always learned that the Incas were a people, but Incas were the kings of the Quechua). The cathedrals, ornate in gold and silver, were truly breathtaking, and the process of retrieval (melting them off of Inca temples and plastering them onto beautiful, but cheaply made alters) bore close resemblance to another tragedy in history: the stealing of fine jewels from the Taj Mahal by the British to try to make the English palaces less bland.
We later went to a restaurant (perfect in every way, almost) that one should not start their trip with. La Mar is one of the best rated restaurants in all of South America, and one of my student's dads, who's from Peru suggested it (and TIME Magazine). It was over an hour wait and was filled with crazy rich people dressed in their best, and then us...poor kids in denim. But god was it worth it! We devoured our appetizer, which was a piece of artwork, showcasing their finest selections of seafood. For my main course, I had a local Peruvian fish on a bed of deliciously flavored yucca, all covered in a tomato based sauce of some sort. William had a tuna steak with some other deliciousness. Til this day that is the freshest seafood we have ever had.
We ended the evening walking on the shoreline and visiting the El Beso, a statue of two people kissing and it represents two lovers in the beautiful city of Lima.
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