Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Another day in Lima ... and another parade!!


 Today is a public holiday for Santa Rosa de Lima.  So another parade - thousands of people in the plaza, music, bands and lots of police presence.  Rosa is the patron saint of the police force in Peru. We followed one group along the mall to the plaza - included a small dance troupe. 



 








Also visited the San Francisco Museum and Catacombs - sooo many bones!!!  No photos from inside the museum or catacombs but the church is spectacular too.  Originally built in 1546.



Forgot how difficult it is to order food with totally Spanish menu - luckily we ended up with something we recognised ... and could eat!!

2 comments:

Sophie said...

Looks like a great day!!!

Anonymous said...

We did that church on our first day in Lima - amazing, and then went to McDonalds for lunch, and Jeff made me order by myself! That was even hard...