astrid

My weekend in Arequipa....

….was really nice….. had a great time there with Christian (friend from Guatemala who came to visit me last week), Claudia and some of her friends….

The bus journey from Lima to get there was impressive….. through the mountains, through the desert and along the coast…. That part can definitely keep up with highway Nr. 1 in California…..really, really pretty….

Claudia was a great host and it was a lot of fun hanging out with her and her friends on SUN night….. SUN afternoon Christian and I walked all around the downtown area of AREQUIPA and saw pretty much all of that amazing white city – the cathedral, the monastery of Santa Catalina, lots of churches and other beautiful “white” buildings and architecture….. all made of Sillar – a lava-stone that is made from the lava of the volcanoes surrounding Arequipa….

On Monday, two of Christian’s webmaster-friends who he was organizing some conferences with in Arequipa during the following days, gave us another great sight-seeing tour through the “Campinas” of Arequipa, to a historic Molina, some miradores with beautiful views, la casa del fundador and some small villages surrounding Arequipa…. Very interesting and impressive as well, with some perfect tour-guides…. Thanks so much again Raul and Julio…!! :)

A few days without dancing…. No salsa in Arequipa on SUN night….. was missing that a bit, but still had a great time…. I just think that Lima feels more like home to me…. Of course, after all the time I spent here already…. So it was nice to come back here too, see my friends here again….. and hear / dance some Salsa…. :)

posted by Astrid @ 4:13 PM