Day 2: Walking Around Lima

First day around the city!

Today we woke up around 10 am and had breakfast in our hostel. I had bread with butter, coffee cake and this really good mystery juice. Afterwards we took a taxi to a bus agency to buy tickets to Cusco. Unfortunately, there are a lot of people going to Cusco right now so buying a ticket took a while. Eventually we met Fernando who helped us get tickets to go to Cusco on July 27. The trip will take around 20 hours which sucks but hopefully I´ll find a way to sleep most of it. Afterwards we walked around Lima and looked at the shops. Lima is really close to the Pacific Ocean so it´s actually really cold over here. The outdoor mall we went to was really nice but the prices at the store seemed pretty expensive still. Everyone in Lima that we have met so far are really nice. We passed by a live band where a lot of old people were dancing in the middle of a park which was nice.

Geo and I were talking about how in America most old people just stay inside a house. For lunch we ate at a nice little hole in the wall Peruvian restaurant. The prices were really good and the place was reccommended to us by Fernando. I ordered Pollo Horan which was pretty much grilled chicken with mashed potatoes. While at the restaurant Geo was teaching Marie and I some Spanish. The food was really good and we´re probably going to go back there again. I´m really surprised by the city of Lima because it´s really nice and organized. There is also a good amount of police officers walking the city.

When we were back at the hostel we might a french guy named Patrick who is in his last days of travelling the world for 6 months. Out of of nowhere we heard an American voice say " I was hoping you guys would be here". It was Lonnie! She showed up unexpectedly to meet up with us which is pretty cool. That´s it for now. We plan on eating out for dinner and hopefully visiting Theresa at the hospital who is sick possibly with Typhoid.

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-Jason