We had spent no time in Lima upon our arrival. Now, we were going to spend the night in Miraflores, the nicest district of the city. We had made reservations for the Hotel Antigua, and this is the reason why: at the airport in Albuquerque, the American Airlines ticket agent, when she learned that we were going to Peru, said that she was Peruvian. She went on to say that her sister was the chef of this very nice hotel – the Hotel Antigua – and that the bar there served the widest variety of piscos in Lima. That was enough for us.
Kathy, at the entry to the Hotel Antigua
Hotel Antigua
Hotel Antigua
Kathy takes a bubble bath
The lobby
Kathy
A small dining room
A selection of food art and flavored piscos
Flavored piscos
Art, on the wall at the Hotel Antigua
Pots, on the front lawn
Gladiola, on the front lawn
CJ and Carla, the chef, who was very hospitable
The hotel was within walking distance of all the places of interest in Miraflores.
A cafe at an Indian market
CJ and Kathy, with purchases from the Indian markets
Two big city girls
Lion statue in the Miraflores Ovalo (oval)
Flowers in the John F. Kennedy park
Flowers in the John F. Kennedy park
Flowers in the John F. Kennedy park
Surfers and the Rosa Nautica, at Miraflores Beach
Beach at Miraflores
Beach at Miraflores
Statue at the Parque de Amor (Park of Love)
Park of Love
Park of Love
Park of Love
Park of Love
Parque Antonio Raimondi. Raimondi was a celebrated Peruvian naturalist, of Italian birth.
Long-tailed mockingbird (juvenile?)
Kathy, and statue of Antonio Cisneros, Peruvian poet
Statue of Antonio Cisneros, detail
Peruvian trumpets (genus Brugmansia)
Red house, just off of the Ovalo Bolognesi
Vermilion flycatcher, in the Ovalo Bolognesi
Vermilion flycatcher, in the Ovalo Bolognesi. The traffic is heavy, and the flycatcher looks both ways.
We had a great dinner at the Alfresco Seafood Restaurant, on the Malecon Balta (which we happened to stumble onto). As it got dark, we returned to the hotel, picked-up our stuff and took a cab to the airport. Our flight was at 1 AM. Kathy and I were invited to use the Admiral’s Club – free buffet and very cosy leather upholstered chairs. And then we flew Business Class back home!
