Had a good day today... went out and checked out Lima. Saw the Franciscan monastery and catacombes (my third catacombes visit! Paris, Rome and now Lima!) Strangely enough, a Peruvian femur looks pretty similar to a Parisian femur. Was really interesting to see the art in the monastery. They have a massive picture of the last supper Peruvian style. It´s gorgeous but incredibly funny at the same time. I particularly liked the main dish sitting in the middle of the table.... CUY on a plate. That´s right, Jesus and the twelve disciples were sharing a guinea pig for their last supper. Loved it!
After that, we went to see the changing of the guard at the government building in the main plaza (plaza de armas). Very colourful. The amusing part was that there was a half hour band playing, marching extravaganza... but we didn´t catch any guard changing going on. We figured we missed it in amongst all the marching but alas, once the crowd disbanded, these two soldiers casually wander out the front door and swap spots with the other guards. Go figure!
After that, we went for a long walk through Lima. It´s funny walking through the different districts, you can easily tell where you are. Eg. the shoe district, the printing district, the religious paraphenalia district, the biscuit district, the red light district etc. Mangey looking dogs take over ALL districts. They´re a little unpredictable and start chasing randoms (maybe bad karma coming back to visit local Limenos). Would be curious to figure out if any are rabid. Either they are, or they´ve been sucking on the cocoa leaves too.
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