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We arrived to Lima Friday night. In the morning we were eager to see individually as
may things as possible before our regular guide comes. It was not difficult to achieve
since we stayed in hotel Bolivar, downtown Lima.
Before we were ready to go I went outside on reconnaissance how to exchange money. I knew
from books I read that street money exchange is legal in Peru, I just wanted to see how it
works. Next to our hotel is Jirón Ocona the center of Lima's street foreign exchange
market. The moneychangers had clearly marked blue vests with dollar sign on back. As
expected street exchange rate was better than in the hotel...
Hotel Bolivar, Plaza San Martín, Lima
Plaza San Martin was being rebuilt. The were many fences restricting access to certain
areas, views of buildings and the statue of José de San Martín were limited and we
experienced a lot of noise coming from heavy machinery.
We could see that Lima's municipal government worked hard to make city look more
beautiful.
We did not have precise plans for the morning - we just wanted to see some buildings
and areas that we knew from city maps.
We walked the city streets and suddenly we encountered crowd near a small park. People
were let in there by invitation only, at least that was what we thought. Many of them were
dressed up. We stopped for a moment since we were curious what was going on. It appeared
we witnessed a mass wedding ceremony. We were approached by a uniformed man who invited us
inside the park and showed us side entrance.There were fifty, maybe hundred couples to be
wed. Two couples celebrated fiftieth wedding anniversary.
 A mass wedding ceremony, Lima
 Atrium in San Francisco
monastery
 Mummy in Archeological Museum
 The author and Jaga
Niedzwiedzki in "Rosa Nautica" restaurant
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