Lima, Peru 🇵🇪

Today is a little overcast and smoggy.  My plan is to stay in Barranco for the day as it is known as a bohemian and artsy district.  First I visit the Museum of Pedro De Osma, more for the building than the collections it houses.  It has lots of colourful flowers and birds surrounding the building.  The main house has wonderful long stained glass windows which are different themes in each room.  In terms of collections it has a wealth of religious art and a big silver collection.  The more captivating is the history of the last Inca family and traditional artefacts from the period.

Next door is the MATE gallery, which showcases the work of Mario Testino.  He is primarily a fashion photographer but famously photographed Lady Diana for her Vogue cover.  The photos are really good, particularly his series of celebrity party shots.  There are a couple of guest exhibitions with a sense of the strange ‘art’ subjects including one of a reflective disc in a dark room….wierd.

Back to my barrio browsing and I walk down underneath the ‘bridge of sighs’ (which is a small wooden bridge across the cleave) to the sea.  I sit on the shoreside to watch the people enjoying the promenade .  Walking back, I take a route that was recommended to see some great street art.  One of my favourites is a monkey spaceman.  

I enjoy a local dish of anticucho for dinner, which is spiced beef kebab skewers, together with boiled potatoes and white corn. I also manage to find a delicious heladeria for a couple of scoops of dessert before heading back.