We spent some time in Lima, both before and after our Amazon trip. We toured and shopped, but didn’t have enough time to visit all the sites and museums we wanted to see. We also had a farewell banquet the last evening at the Swissôtel.
Our headquarters in Lima
Plaza San Martin
street scene with tourists
Lima Cathedral, Plaza de Armas
Cathedral entrance
one of 15 chapels in the Cathedral
Chapel and tomb of Francisco Pizzaro
Pizzaro chapel mosaic
Pizzaro chapel mosaic
La Immaculata Chapel
a chapel
at the altar
Altar detail
the choir (where the Bishops sit)
Archbishop's residence
Presidential palace
Poice water cannon (just in case)
Church and Convent of San Francisco
those black dots are pigeons
entrance to Church
convent cloister
catacombs
skulls
artistic arrangement
heap 'o bones
Moorish influenced Spanish tiles
tile detail
tile detail
more tile pictures
Palace of Justice
Indian Market, Lima
one of many shops
Music store
some instruments
farewell celebration
traditional dancers
not-so-traditional dancers
a few last birds for Christine (and a peep)
