Today I had planned to visit the historic center of Lima, which is north of Miraflores in a district I haven’t been before. On the breakfest table though I got to know a nice guy from New York who wanted to visit an archeological site within walking distance and as this was also on my list of things to do I joined him. His flight back to New York was in the evening so he basically had to kill the whole day.
On our way we found one of the big streets to be closed for cars and people were biking there. It was also pretty nice for us to walk without all those honking (which is part of the crazy driving style over here). We got a guided tour there for just 12 soles and it was really interesting. Those ruins are over 700 years old and were just discovered about 10 years ago despite being directly in Miraflores. Before it was just a hill and nobody knew what was hidden below the sand. We also had a nice view over parts of Lima from the top of the hill.
Afterwards we wanted to grab some food so we went to Lacomar (the shopping area at the beach). On our way we thought about watching the soccer match Colombia against Perú as part of the qualifications for the world cup in 2014. We saw a sign at a bar indicating the game would start at 2.30 p.m. so we ended up at Chili’s with beer and some food wondering why the game wouldn’t start.
When we asked it turned out it just started at 5 p.m. so we left dissapointed.
We then walked back, enjoying the parks of Miraflores and tried the Frogurt store I found yesterday. It’s self service and you pay by weight, which I consider to be a good concept.
Some time passed and we decided to watch the game in a little Irish bar close to the hostel where we met Methew, who owns a Pisco bar a few blocks away (still in Miraflores). We talked with him throughout the game and he invited me to try Pisco Sour at his bar and to his barbeceue next Saturday, which sounds really nice and appears to be a good opportunity to get to know some locals. I guess I will call him during the week…

So except for the weather (no sun at all again) we had a really wonderful day and it I am still amazed by how beautiful Lima (I should probably say Miraflores) is and how easy it is to get to know people 🙂