In Lima

We had Aiko and Patrick with us for a couple of days before they headed for Machu Picchu. We took Andre to a bunch of kids rides.

This post is a collection of odds and ends. We spent New Years Eve in Lima at a friend's house. The dinner, eaten after midnight, was the same as our Christmas meal - turkey and an entire pig.
  

 People in Peru don't normally have large ovens. Even if they do, they often take their turkeys and other large cuts of meat to a bakery where bread is baked daily and have the things like turkey and the pig below cooked there.

This particular pig, as it cooked, secreted juices from its eyeballs. This liquid congealed on its cheeks so from where I was sitting, just where I am taking this picture, the pig had tears running down its cheeks. It took away whatever appetite I had for any of its meat.

We also went to a nice restaurant while in Lima. It is called La Rosa Nautica. It is at the end of the peer in the photo below.

 

You approach the restaurant along the boardwalk. It is a beautiful setting.

Inside  it is obviously a place where the wealthy feel comfortable.

We did our best as well. This was our big meal together. It felt like a nice family dinner.

Near our apartment is a water park. It consists of a number of fountains and ponds, many of them welcome people. Aiden got caught in one when the water was turned on. he was not happy, I am told.

This piece of sculpture is made with water.

Andres  with his mother.

I stayed dry.

There was a nice park near the apartment we rented in Lima. This is where Patrick and Aiko took the kids to get them outside.

After the kids left we have stayed in Lima until this weekend. Olga's sister arrived a week ago and we went a couple of hours outside of Lima to visit Olga and Ester's godmother. That is for another post.