Next Stop on the Tour: Barranco

"Barranco" means cliffs in Spanish, and this district is right next to Miraflores.  It is a center of arts, restaurants/cafes, wall murals, and is quite a popular neighborhood, especially for nightlife.

This ocean-side district is right next door to Miraflores and was our second stop on the tour.  We got dropped off by a house and there was a very cute dog on the second floor balcony posing for photos by us, with a sign "this house is not for sale."  I wonder if people see the dog and are so struck by it they ring the bell and ask to buy the house.  If not, it's a good story. If true, it's a great story!

How much is that doggie

on the balcony?

We then walked over by an abandoned church that was over run by vultures on the ceiling.  In fact, there were vultures everywhere.  The church had been destroyed by earthquakes, rebuilt, and destroyed once again by the earthquake of 2007.

Two (of many) vultures on the church

Not a vulture.

This vulture seems quite cross.

Parenthetical insert alert: (Peru has this idiotic requirement of wearing masks outside.  And everyone is complying.  They have very low cases per 100k, and very high vaccination rates.  But masking outside?  That's crazy that the government is exerting that level of control on people.)

Next was the "Bridge of Sighs," based in concept on the one in Venice.  I don't really see the resemblance (Editor's Note: That's because there is no real resemblance!).  The tradition is to hold your breath, make a wish, and walk across the bridge without breathing.  

You are not supposed to tell anyone your wish, so I'm not going to tell you.  (Editor's Note: No doubt leaving your readers massively disappointed, or, assuming your readership is as smart as you claim, yawning). 

Carol and I both made it across the bridge without breathing, and without sighing.

After the Bridge of Sighs wish-making.

We remove our masks that we shouldn't

 need to wear outside for photos.

After that it was up a flight of stairs to an area that featured two things -- cool wall murals, especially featuring a famous Peruvian singer, including her as a young girl and another as an adult.  The other "thing" that was in the area were American fast food chains, including Starbucks, Pappa John's, KFC, and others.  

From this neighborhood, she

would grow up  to become a

famous Peruvian singer.

We hopped back into the car, which our driver, Jean Franco, skillfully repositions for us each stop, and off to our next next stop.