Tobi and I arrived back in on Thursday Lima after a slight delay, and just crashed in the hotel until dinner. We are at a cool sushi place and got milkshakes at the hotel restaurant. It was pretty low-key.
Friday was Tobi's final full day in Peru, so we decided to go to the natural history museum. We took a taxi right to the front gate, to find out it was closed for the day. So we walked aimlessly for a while. We found a cool park that had a pond with swan boats and other children's rides. We kept walking and found another park that was weird, to say the least.
First we saw some kids, most of them dressed in all black, who we thought were street acrobats. We were wrong, they started their performance and the only move they sorta did was the one where you're kind of rolling with another person. You hold on to their ankles, they hold on to yours and you're supposed to create momentum between the two of you. These people could get from one persons back to the others, but everything stopped there. It was pretty indicative of what else we would see there.
We walked past the world's scariest pupper theatre, which actually just looks like a haunted house.
We saw a boy doing a version of the worm (as in the dance move). Except instead of up and down on the ground, it was more side to side. If he hadn't sat up after about a minute, I would've asked if he needed help.
We then saw ballerinas covered in blood (makeup) and that was weird.
And just as we were about to leave, I spotted a pretty building that seemed legit. We got up closer and it turned out to be the art museum!
It was here I discovered my greatest talent: putting funny captions on art pictures.
I'm really proud of these actually.
Afterwards, we met up with Dawn and went to Chilis, for the second time on this trip. Then we walked to Plaza de Armas and tried to go to the Chocolate museum, but it was closed.
All three of us returned to our hotel for a quick nap before dinner. It was nice seeing Dawn again! And eating with Tobi one last time. Within ten hours of that both of them had left me alone in Lima. Dawn left that night, and Tobi left early Saturday morning.
Which brings me to Saturday! I was very anxious about being alone in a big city. So I started with a small expedition in the morning. To the chocolate museum! I bought way too much tea, and some body scrub, and (because Tobi stole mine) some lip balm. ''Twas a successful trip.
After eating lunch, I headed to the famed Museo Larco! It's an awesome museum featuring the ceramic archaeological findings in Peru. It was huge and there was SO MUCH STUFF. There was also an entire exhibit dedicated to erotic ceramics. 10/10 would recommend because it's super funny, especially when you read the reasons behind making these things.
I was unsure what I was going to do after the museum, so I was dropped off at Parque Kennedy and wandered for a bit. It wasn't for very long because I ran into Anne from the lab inHuari! Her and I grabbed drinks and talked the afternoon away. We soon parted ways, but it was really nice seeing her!
I was kind of exhausted after, so I ate in the hotel and went to bed early.
Sunday (today), I went back to Plaza de Armas. There are some beautiful churches at and around the plaza, so I explored those for a while. I also found my way into a agricultural museum, I think. Everything there was in Spanish, but it was clearly all about food. They also had these wax figures of tradition cookie scenarios. A bakery, a rural kitchen, a chicken roaster. It was cool.
The highlight of my day has been the catacombs by far. I can't tell you much about the history of it, because somehow I made my way into a all Spanish tour. But under the San Francisco are lots and lots and lots of bones. You're not allowed to take photos, but I did anyway. Oops!
After, I shopped around for fifteen minutes before I needed to return to my hotel. The past few days I've been noticing that my nose has been running, and my throat hurts, and I've been extra tired. I think I'm getting sick, if I'm not already sick. I laid low this afternoon, packing and writing this post in an effort to conserve energy. I'm pretty sure as soon as I get back to Chicago, if not at my connection in Miami, I'm gonna crash.
But I do have good news, which is that my bag is actually lighter than when I got to Peru. I dropped different things here and there, but I have so much less stuff, that I was able to stick my big backpack into my checked suitcase! I bought a cute tourist-y smaller backpack for like my iPad and phone, but it's way way less than before! I'm so glad. I most certainly over packed for this trip. But all is well that ends well, and I'm just looking forward to getting home. Even though my parents and sister and brother won't be there, my cat will be. And I miss him so much.
Thanks to everyone for reading this summer, and see you (kinda) on the next trip!
As always,
Julia Rose
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