Cusco to Lima to Home

We woke up around 5:30am to get some breakfast before getting a cab to the airport. The kid that told us he would make breakfast for us at 6:30 apparently slept in. We got our own tea with jam and bread (like the Sound if Music!) and ate a passion fruit and a banana that we had with us. 

The kid (I say kid because he looked like a teenager) was sleeping in the reception area and woke up in time to call our taxi. 

We arrived at the airport around 7:20. They told us out flight was delayed until 9:30...then 10:15.  We had some coffee and Ryan got eggs at a little airport cafe. There is a store in here that sells really beautiful and expensive retablos. I keep thinking about ours in my bag with a piece rolling around inside. I'm going to open it as soon as we get home. 

The flight went smooth and our driver was waiting for us with a sign when we walked out if baggage claim. We decided to splurge on our last night in Peru. Our driver took us to Hotel Runcu in the Miraflores district of Lima. It's a nice area of town and the hotel is a hotel - not a hostel. 

We stored our luggage there since our room wasn't ready and walked around Lima. We were starving and were growing increasingly grouchy as we tried to find a place for lunch. It was almost 3:30 by the time we ate our sandwiches at a cafe by Parque Kennedy (named for JFK!). We had a strawberry juice toothat we sucked down in about 2 minutes. 

We stopped at a Dunkin Donuts afterward on our way to the handicraft market. It was all the same stuff we'd been seeing. Ryan wanted alpaca slippers but his feet are too big to fit in any if them. 

The highlight of Lima was walking upon some fruit stands and buying the most delicious oranges we'd ever had. I also bought 2 passion fruit- my new favorite treat. We bought one other green fruit that we don't know the name of, but it was really good. 

Back at our hotel we enjoyed nice hot showers before having dinner in the hotel restaurant. The ceviche was really flavorful, our first time having fish ceviche (we had shrimp cheviche in Ecuador). My veggie Tacu Tacu was tasty, as was Ryan's aji de gallina. We went to bed after packing some pb an banana sandwiches for our flight in the morning. 

We woke up at 3:30 to leave at 4:30 for the airport with our boxed breakfasts. We are now in the Miami airport delayed at least one hour d/t weather. 

At least we are in the US of A!  The customs official let out a big yawn when we held up my passport and compared it to my face. I said "Wow, am I really that beautiful?"  He laughed.  Then he made some joke about Ryan and a Snickers commercial and we didn't really get it but laughed anyway. When someone is holding your passports, you laugh at their jokes. 

Miami airport

Eating our sammies

A treat from the hotel in Lima