Lima Peru – A City With Many Faces

For both of us Lima was the entry door to South America – our first trip to this continet. As a consequence of multiple coincidences (or were they?) we ended up staying a week in Peru’s capital – certainly longer than our initial (to be frank quite vague) plan.

Probably the highlight here was the food. Lima has a great selection of amazing restaurants and we enjoyed some delicious Ceviche. The other highlight were all the interactions with the locals. We enjoyed using our rusty Spanish, chatting about the weather, food, coffee, all the new fruits that grow here etc… Everyone here is so open and talkative!

If we are honest, our first impression was that we found the city itself quite bleak, run down and grey. However, to be fair, how you perceive a city (and especially Lima) depends a lot on the weather. The first few days were extremely foggy most of the time. Once the sun was out the city felt more alive and colorful. Since this is also our first trip it is probably hard to appreciate how much has changed over the last few decades…

Below we include some impressions that show the various different faces of Lima – this city can really be portrayed from multiple different angles…