Back to Barranco!

We love Barranco! Including the charming rail road car turned vegetarian restaurant!

Afternoon in Barranco

Madelle and Larry and I had a great time walking around Barranco, the plaza, the famous Puente de los Suspiros (Bridge of Sighs), gawking at the incredible old homes. And we stopped at a really charming little restaurant right on the park, where they actually offered 3 types of fish, along with several other items, on the menu. For 8 soles each, we ate like kings again. In the process of the afternoon, the three of us discovered that I need to live in Barranco, so we had news to tell Gene, who had stayed home to paint today, on our return home! We also walked by another restaurant, which looked cute and had a very interesting looking buffet at lower prices than the norm so we are thinking that another trip to Barranco is in order. In the evening, we hopped on the bus up to the Parque de la Reserva to see the fabulous lighted fountains. Desafortunadamente, Laurie had failed to notice that the fountains are only open Wednesday to Sunday (gasp!), so although we had an interesting bus ride up and back, we plan to repeat it tomorrow night. After returning to Miraflores, we checked out a new (to us) Italian restaurant which friend Ron had suggested, right near Parque Kennedy. We had passed by it many times and ignormed it because I had thought it looked too “touristy.” Now we know that it is a really cool little place with very good food at reasonable prices. We will be back. It occurred to me that Italian always seems to be a good choice, as far as everyone finding something that they really like. Madelle is a vegetarian and Larry does not care for ceviche and some of the other Peruvian specialties like papas huancaina, so some places don't work well for us.

Barranco - Artist Community

After lunch today we walked from Miraflores over to Barranco, the area known as an artist enclave. It was a nice walk - an hour and a half or so, I think. We like this area. When we were here last year, we went there by combi, and thought it was a bit of a trip. Now that we've walked it, without the convoluted route and numerous stops of the combi, we realize it is conveniently close to Miraflores.