Bee in my Bonnet

We made it to Lima! City of the Kings. Surprisingly, as far as architecture goes it is a new city with oldest major buildings from 1920’s or so. 

Lima was founded in 1535 by the Spaniard, Pizzaro. Remember him from your history books?

We saw beautiful buildings on the main square, “Plaza de Armas.” Elaborately carved balconies are common. Lima’s colonial past has been preserved in its architecture. 

Huge doors with imposing iron work abounded. 

Several pics of the beautiful cathedral. 

The presidents palace on Plaza de Aramas. Through a bit of creative sign language and my extremely limited Spanish, I managed to talk this guard into posing for me… gun and all. 

And this is the famous Lovers Park. The statue seemed to be an inspiration to all the young couples who were sitting in embrace upon the walls. 

The Pan-American surf competition was going on while we were there. Lots of surfers but not too much wave action. 

In addition to kissing and surfing, paragliding seemed to be a popular activity as well as many youth with soccer balls in hand. Peruvians love soccer. 

Last view of Lima from seaside.