Monday, January 4, 2010

Summer in Barranco, Our Neighborhood in Peru

Welcome to my home! Bienvenido!
The flower market provided a wonderful selection of plants for gardens and containers.
People are always sitting around this central park in Barranco: a good meeting place and people watching opportunity.
I love this dog. He looms over the passersby in my neighborhood. He has a noisy buddy who yips and annoys, but he just sits there and smiles down at you as you walk by.
The view out one of our windows. Roof tops seem to store junk and the water cistern.
When Ian and I walk to the Pacific Ocean from our apartment, we can look down onto the fishing boats in nearby Chorrillos. We walked down there one day and looked at the fish market. Since it was afternoon, the early morning catch looked a bit tired, so we did not buy any fish or octopus.
When we headed up from the beach into Chorrillos, we looked back at the beach and downtown Lima in the distance. We then walked back along the top of the cliffs to our apartment.
It was cheery to come into the apartment and see the Norfolk Island Pine we had bought for our Christmas tree. It is decorated with Peruvian straw ornaments.
We loved having our son Joe and his girlfriend Virginia visit for Christmas. Ian helps out at the cathedral in Miraflores, so we celebrated Christmas morning there: La Catedral de Buen Pastor.
At our local artsy gift shop, Dedalo, the creche scene is very crafty and charming!

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