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Now in Lima! The drive from the airport wasn't particularly charming, but the rest of the visit was
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My first walk began by crossing the beautiful Bosque el Olivar
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First impressions: good parks and the clean streets
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The first time I saw masharubia in Lima. Little did I know it was everywhere!
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There are long lines for banks in Peru just as in Mexico
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Coping with traffic using even and odd license plate driving days
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It's the Moorish Pavilion, in the MALI garden, that first catches my eye
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The Museo de Arte de Lima (MALI), seen from the kiosk
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The Moorish Pavilion reminds me of yalis along the Bosphorus in Istanbul
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The Moorish Pavilion was designed by Eiffel for Peru's 1872 Exhibition
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Reading in the MALI garden
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How the Lima art museum came to be
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The impact of independence in 1821 on art in Peru
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Simon Bolivar -- love the hashtags!
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Not empty but thankfully not crowded
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The 19th century gallery shows Europe's influence
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Multiculturalism before it had a name
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The collection began with a donation from the Prado family
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From the MALI's open window looking toward the garden and kiosk
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Perfect art museum cafe ambiance
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There were thousands of books for sale in this street -- maybe even in this shop!
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Jiron Quilca was a street filled with book stores and junk/antique shops
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Restaurant Queirolo was full at lunchtime
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We are working to preserve our cultural patrimony for forever... There's some irony there.
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Arcade framing Plaza San Martin
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One of many "hole in the wall" eateries in the center of Lima -- potatoes and alfajores on display
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On one side of Lima's Plaza de Armas is the cathedral
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Odd doorknocker for a church, no?
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Shoe shine beside the archbishop's palace
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The former train station is now the House of Writers
