Monday, December 27, 2010

El Convento de Santa Catalina

My first stop in Peru was the city of Arequipa. It is not necessarily as well known as some of the other destinations in Peru, but it had beautiful architecture and the best prices on souvenirs in the country. The coolest place in the city was the Santa Catalina convent. It operated completely cut off from the city for hundreds of years and was opened to the public only in the last few decades. It was a really amazing place to wander through for an afternoon.
All of the corridors were lined with red geraniums. This might be odd, but it reminded me of Trigun.
It was full of secret corners ready to be explored.
And of course, there was a pen for the haute cuisine of Peru, the guinea pig. I didn't eat one while I was there; they were too expensive. I had to content myself with alpaca steaks, which are wonderful.

1 comment:

  1. I love the picture of the blue staircase. Lovely color!

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