Martine’s family in Peru
We are now in Lima, Peru, staying a couple of days here with Martine’s Peruvian relatives, Ricardo and his family.
Ricardo is a cousin of Martine’s Australian cousin Michelle. She’s the one who got married eight months ago, and since our eight-month trip started in Australia with Michelle’s wedding, it’s very special to end our trip with a visit to her Peruvian family.
As we had been sick a week ago, we’ve not done very much in the city here. But we still have gotten a pretty good impression of Lima as Ricardo has guided us around the nice boulevards and neighbourhoods along the Pacific ocean, and Flor, Ricardo’s mother, has made us some fabulous Perivan food, including delicious ‘arroz con leche’ dessert (rice with milk) and ‘chita morrada’ (made from black corn) drink.
In about an hour we are going to have our goodbye-lunch as we fly out of Lima tonight. For lunch Flor is making another famous Peruvian dish: ‘ceviche’. I have been told that it is raw fish marinated with lemon and onion, and since I grew up along the Dutch coast and like fish very much, I am very curious about this ‘ceviche’ dish.
This will also be our last South-American meal…
Jannis.
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