Lima Day 2

July 2- We both slept marvelously on circa 1970’s mattresses that were hard as rocks. Patrick took a cold shower and we had our free pastery and coffee breakfast in the hotel cafe. Thus fortified, we headed out into the streets of Lima. Conveniently there is a lovely stone paved pedestrian street right next to our hotel and many architectural beauties along the way. We walked to the Plaza de las Armas were we watched the changing of the royal guard and and observed the wooden balconies where the rich can watch the goings on in the plaza without being seen. Then we walked to The Iglesia de San Francisco, where we were taken on a tour of the subterranean catacombs that were just littered with human bones representing hundreds of thousands of dead people. We found a marvelous open air restaurant that served delicious seafood. We had marinated sliced octopus with a pureed olive dipping sauce and Tiradito, a typical marinated fish with a delicious pepper sauce. We teturned to our luxury hotel for the mandatory siesta and went out later for chicken that rivaled Brooks. The walking street “El Jiron” comes alive after dark and everyone walks and eats and shops, away from the stinky traffic.  We had a great day!