Lima, Peru

FINALLY PERU! We were excited for country number 8 ever since we‘ve set foot on this continent, and the capital of Peru did not disappoint! We can both happily say that Lima (or the part we’ve seen 🙃) is our favorite capital so far, very clean, very good infrastructure, it felt very save and the people seemed all very lovely. At this timepoint we‘ve been to Lima twice already, both times at the same hostel in the same area and - admittedly - to the same restaurant two out of three times 😬 (never change a winning team, as we like to say). The area is called Barranco and is said to be the party area, but even though we were there on a friday as well, we did not really feel it? No clubs, no noisy bars, no drunk tourists all over the place, but a well-preserved colonial architecture, many colours and very lovely places for drinks and food. As expected, Lima is on the more expensive side, meaning an average of 10$ for a main dish and 4-5$ for a big beer when going out, but oh well, cuánto cuesta el mundo 💃🏻 The historic center was fabulous to stroll through, too, and we visited a very impressive franciscan monastery and its catacombs (no pictures allowed, unfortunately). All in all, we loved it, and hands down the first big city we really recommend everyone to visit (yes, even Gilles 😉)!Read more