Buganvilias, Lima’s favourite flower

These flowers are decorating almost every corner of Lima, from the most modest zones of this city, until the exclusive parks in residential districts such as Miraflores or San Isidro. Lima loves this flower.

Nikkei food, Peruvian-japanese tradition

Mouth watering, isn’t it? This traditional Peruvian-Japanese food goes back to the time of the big immigration from Japan, entire families came to Peru after the second world war looking for stability and the opportunities that were neglected to them in their own country, looking for progress in a more peaceful environment, these hard working people…

Angel’s Trumpet Flower, a poisonous beauty.

The parks of Lima are decorated with many different and multicolored types of flowers: Bougainvilleas, African Tulips, Orchids, Morning Glories… and Angel’s Trumpets, these last ones are as beautiful as they are big,  hanging down from trees, all dressed in an angelical white… they look so innocent! but the reality is completely different. The Angel’s Trumpet…

Summer is the season of Ice-cream

Yes, Summer is the season of cold drinks, and in Peru is the season of  Ceviche and HELADO (ice-cream), Limenians like me run for one the minute after the sun starts to shine up on the sky, quite unusual phenomena in a city that is famous for having grey “donkey’s-belly” sky most of the year. So,…