Leaving Peruvian Food Behind and Returning to N.Y.

Today was my last day of a month long stay here in Lima and I’m taking a quick break from packing to catch up on my posts. There’s so much to do here that I find myself falling into bed exhausted at night without making my daily post! Once I get home I will share some of the best parts of this month in Peru, including my first experience at several wonderful restaurants. My daughter took a two week conversational Spanish course here in Miraflores with her cousin at El Sol Language School. They piled into the car each afternoon with amusing stories of conversations they had with their teacher about the differences between life in the U.S. and life in Peru. What a smart teacher, to engage them in conversations about things they would find compelling to talk about, such as the difference between how they approach their mothers versus their fathers to ask for something. Another assignment was to have them translate the words to “Escapemanos” by Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez, pointing out the use of the subjunctive tense, but they were most impressed with the “stars in their eyes” romantic theme of running away together. We met at 1:00 after classes and visited a new restaurant each day, starting with San Antonio in Miraflores. The biggest hit? Their pastries! I must admit we hit that place twice. I recommend it highly and I’m not alone – it also made it into the Summum book of recommended restaurants here in Peru. For those of you considering a trip to Peru, we usually fly Lan Chile because the night flight leaves on time, allows us to sleep through the 8 hours of traveling and the service is good. Well, back to packing! Until tomorrow…