Final Weekend in Lima

   Saturday marked our last full day in Lima, and unfortunately I was a little behind on the reading and had to spend half of the day catching up. Afterwards though, a couple friends and I went to one of the most amazing sushi places I have ever been to in Larcomar, the mall on the cliffs in Miraflores. Afterwards, I had a lot of packing to do before our final dinner at Rosa Nautical. It is a restaurant 50 yards out on a dock in the ocean, and served gourmet Pisco Sour, appetizers, cheese stuffed chicken with pasta, and a Peruvian dessert.

   Our time there was enhanced when Monica, our teacher, recognized one of the other people at the restaurant as ex-Peruvian president Alejandro Toledo. He gave a not-so-brief speech on the importance of traveling and visiting the world. And I quote, "the problem with America back when I was president was that the minister of foreign relations never had an f---ing passport." He did congratulate us on getting out there and seeing other cultures. In addition he had some serious words to say about Trump. He is the first ever president of Peru from Andean decent, but he has three citizenships, and studied at Harvard and Stanford. This is a common theme for all the presidents of Peru: Princeton, Harvard and Columbia are just some of the schools the last three have attended. Still not quite sure if I got a good or bad impression of him, but it was cool of him to agree to talk to us. Finally we ended our last night in Lima by going out one last time.