Settling into my life in Miraflores, Lima...!!
so, I've been here in Peru for a week and a day now and starting to settle into my life here okay.... my job is very busy, but fun.... I'm learning a lot of new stuff and seem to be doing okay - from what my bosses in Rio keep telling me... ;)My apartment is very close to Miraflores Central Park, about 10 - 15 mins walk from the Malecon and playas, also 10 - 15 mins walk from my office here and very close to "Calle de las Pizzas" - a little pedestrian street with lotsa bars, cafes, restaurants, discotecas..... really nice.... it's not really the most modern apartment, but it's big big big.... I've got a big living and dining room, one bedroom where I sleep, another bedroom with 2 more beds (in case I get visitors.. ;) ) , a big terrace mit Schaukelstuhl, kitchen and bathroom.... overall pretty good, and I start to feel a bit more at home here than in my first few days....met some nice people as well and everyone in my office is very nice and helpful too.... only sad thing is that Salsa is not really that great here ..... but weather and playas are.... :)well, you can't have everything, I guess.... and overall I'm doing good here in Miraflore....big hug to everyone und bis bald wieder...xxxx
Great day in downtown LIMA.... and mucho fun and good times en el radio PLANICIE... ;)
so after my chaos night in MIRAFLORES anoche, I got a new replacement key for my apartment from my landlord this morning.... nice breakfast in a Peruvian restaurant and then I met Carolina`s friend Ricardo at 11.00am to go to downtown LIMA with him....he had offered to show me some places and gave me a really great sight-seeing tour of downtown Lima and some surrounding districts..... my own private tour guide... and he´s more like a walking and talking history-book and tour guide combined.... ;) great...!! and also took me to some places that "normal tourists" probably never get to see.... nice nice nice - and really interesting...and almost 30 C here - I even got a tiny little bit sun-burned.... but nothing bad....die russische Kaeltefront ist zum Gleuck ganz weit weg von mir... ;)
xxxLIMA is actually a great city.... lotsa beautiful historic and impressive architecture.... I liked especially La Plaza Mayor, la catedral, el Palacio Nacional.... all really nice....after that we went to his house on the outskirts of LIMA and cooked some really nice traditional Peruvian food..... then I had to relax a bit and take a little nap, cause I was still super tired after my almost sleepless last night....but right now I´m actually writing this blog entry from Ricardo´s radio station here in Villa Huanta, LIMA (www.radioplanicie.com.pe)he has a 2 or 3 hours salsa-show here every night and invited me to come along and assist him a bit.... lotsa really nice music and I´ve even been talking a bit "on air" before... was fun..... casi todo en Espanol... :)also sent some greetings to my family en Alemania and all my great friends all over the world....you could have heard here:www.alsolnet.com/stream/radioplaniciesafe the link cause maybe I´ll be talking on here again some time during the next few weeks.... and become a radio star in Peru.... hahha... ;)A great weekend for everyone..... with greetings from sunny LIMA....
I´m in LIMA....!!
and I´m really sorry that my first message from here will be very short....but I´m just having a pretty chaotic night....I arrived here very, very late MON night and spent the last few days trying to learn everything that I need t know for my new job here.... also tried to find a nice apartment and after 2 nights in a nice hotel here I moved into this apartment which is pretty okay and really big, but not too modern and not all that fantastic.....oh well, I think I´m gonna be ok there for a few months, or if not I´ll just try to find sth. else and move again....tonight...well, last night - FRI, 20th JAN - (right now it´s already 4.00am here) was the first night that I went out dancing to a little club called SON DE CUBA..... not very far from my house..... nice live band, but dancing-wise not soooo great (and as the name already tells you - all estilo Cubano.....) hhhmmmmm.....danced a bit with a guy from Spain (well, Peruvian - but now living and Spain and here on vacation), got back to the table where I had left my stuff after 2 songs or so and hhmmm.....my jacket wasn´t there anymore..... great great great..... didn´t have any money in there, but the keys to my apartment....na super...!! und jetzt...??went back to my place with the Spanish guy to ask my landlord for a copy of the key....of course he was sleeping - or not there.....who knows....so we went to another place / bar / club called MIDWAY in LA MARINA (ca. 15mins from MIRAFLORES)..... pretty similar to SON DE CUBA..... nice live band, but no dancers.....got back to my place at 3.00am and tried to wake up my landlord otra vez, but of course without success again.... :( hhmmm..... great night....so ahora estoy aqui, en un hostal en MIRAFLORES not to far from my apartment..... gonna sleep here for a few hours and then try my luck again tomorrow morning - actually this morning - to get a replacement key from my landlord..... with more luck I hope....so yeah - I know, when you read this, you´re probably all gonna be super-worried about me and I´m sorry that I´m writing not only nice stuff in here at the moment....yes, I have to admit, my first night dancing in PERU was not as much fun as I had thought..... oh well.....que puedo hacer..... asi es la vida.....irgendwie wird´s schon gehen und hoffentlich kann ich euch das naechste Mal more nice things erzaehlen..... I hope I can send you some better and nicer news from my time here in Peru soon....till then.... hhmmm..... hugs and kisses from LIMA.... :)
Hola South America - HERE I COME...!!!
so now everything is happening soooo much faster than I thought...!!!
next MON, 16th JAN, I'll be flying to LIMA...!!! ONLY 3 MORE DAYS.... :)
will be there for 3 months, then 3 months in Buenos Aires, then 3 months in RIO...
aaahh - my SOUTH AMERICAN adventure is about to start... can't wait...!!
sure, a bit sad to leave Germany after the great time I had here during the last 6 weeks.... but also really looking forward to living in South America for a while and experience that continent.....
aaahh - and of course it's gonna be fantastic to have some warm weather and sunshine again... ;)
well - many things to do and to organize during my last few hours here.... but it's gonna be all good.... :)
more soon..xx
