Day Twenty-Nine

Last day in Lima :(

I went through my morning routine per usual, but today instead of walking to El Sol, I had to pack my stuff. I truly cannot believe my time in Lima has come to an end. It's so hard to leave now that I got settled into my routine and now that I know how to navigate the city. Also, knowing that Trump is still president and actively denying climate change has me hesitant to return to Boston. However, I have a little pup waiting for me back home, so I guess there is a bright side. 

After struggling to decide how and what to pack, I needed a mental break so I walked to Parque Kennedy. I met up with Cati and Kelly at Starbucks and from there we went to get our nails done (gel French manicure of course). It took a bit longer than we anticipated so by the time we finished hanger was approaching quickly. Thankfully, we headed to La Lucha and appeased our appetite with one of the best sandwiches I have ever had (it was basically a steak and cheese with sautéed onions but one of the best nonetheless). Knowing I still had some packing to finish, I started the walk home, but first Cari and I stopped at the Rubix cube store. That's right, your girl now owns a 4x4x4, it's going to be an interesting plane ride. I also had to stop to buy some Pisco so that I can bring a bit of Perú back to my family. I just really hope the bottle doesn't break in my bag. Send positives thoughts to the wine bottle in my luggage as well. I do not really want to have to buy a completely new wardrobe because all of my clothes are covered in rosé.

Eventually, I finished packing, shoutout to Spotify for putting Taylor Swift's entire music back on and having Lil Yachty's new album, it really helped me through the strenuous packing process. I realized today that one of the things that I will miss most about Lima is the music. It's reggaeton all day every day here and it's lit. It's playing everywhere from the clubs to the grocery store to the elevator, it's always a party. 

Now that packing was finished, I had to get ready for dinner. I apologize but I gave up trying to make my hair look nice. I was going to get it done but I ran out of time, so I just left it down and let the Lima humidity do its thing. For dinner, we went to La Rosa Náutica, but first we had to bring all of our luggage to the bus which was difficult to do gracefully in a dress and heels. Nonetheless, we survived and made it to the most famous restaurant in Lima. In fact, we had the entire upstairs to ourselves and it was honestly the most beautiful restaurants I have ever been to. It is on a pier right on the water so you could look up to the lights and the cliffs on one side, and on the other the Pacific ocean stretched out into the dark. The lights from down the coast sparkled through the windows, and the restaurant itself was simply gorgeous. As always, we were running on Peruvian time so the dinner in its entirety lasted from 8 to 12. The food was delicious (I had a pisco sour, goat cheese salad, corvina and the coco de popa), but some of us had to find ways to occupy the wait time. I now know how to fold a napkin in to a rose and how to make a paper airplane. Although we planned to go out after dinner, many of us could not muster the strength to rally and go out. Therefore, I ubered home with Nathalie and went to bed.