Surprising Sunday

This weekend we decided to make a little excursion to  down town of Lima (centro historico).

During the week it’s a chaotic place, the narrow streets jammed with hawkers trying to sell their goods, cars everywhere and the air  filled with a rather unharmonious concert of  horns.

But Sundays this place belongs to the people that are not  coming to work here, but to the ones that live in the center and life takes a different rhythm.

We encountered a procession and to our surprise there were colorful groups of dancers, dedicating their performance to the “ Senor de Torrechayoq de Urubamba” in whose honor the procession was held.

Following the procession

Joyfully greeting the onlookers

Devoted dancers

 A colorful hat decorated with fresh flowers

A moment of rest

Asking me to pose with them and honoring me with one of the beautiful hats from Cusco.

After all the excitement: Having seafood for lunch at a beachside restaurant.

 The colorful yellow vegetables are glazed sweet potatoes
( here I need you to help me out: Do sweet potatoes count as vegetables???)  , surrounded by different kinds of ceviche and  octopus carpaccio in black olive sauce.

Quite strong tasting, but delicious: Leche de tigre  (Tigers milk)

Is this called “Tigers milk “ because it turns everyone into a tiger after drinking this??

It is actually the  juices from ceviche (fresh pressed lime juice, juices of the fish marinated in lime juice, chilies , cilantro and a shot of vodka!)

Boy, after this you go whether  through the roof or you sleep for 3 days J

Thank you for accompanying me at this surprising Sunday.

See you next Tuesday!

 

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