Lima, Peru

Lima is a huge city of 9 million people.  On my City Tour, we went to a very interesting museum of pre-Incan culture, and then to the Church of San Francisco where we toured the catacombs beneath the church.  They are very extensive and apparently we saw only part of them.  Bodies were buried one on top of another and sometimes there were as many as 25 bodies in one grave.  They have simulated the graves with bones and it looks very realistic.  We spent some free time in the main square where I took a number of photos and following that I had lunch in a fabulous restaurant called "Alfresco".  In the afternoon I toured the Gold Museum which houses a massive collection of pre to post Incan metal pieces; copper, silver, and gold.  The same museum has an arms collection as well, room after room of guns of all sizes, sabers, swords, ropes, saddles, spurs, and everything else you can think of.  Not my cup of tea but it is an incredible collection.  There is probably more detail on the Net, under Museo de Oro, Lima, if anyone is interested. Today I am free until 6 pm when I am going out to a dinner show and a tour of the fountains of Lima lit up at night.  Apparently a previous mayor spent 13 million dollars on these fountains!  Then tomorrow evening I finally wing my way back, arriving at 7:30 am in Toronto. Home at last! Chau!