In anticipation of our visit to Caral, an archaeological site that represents the oldest city in the Americas, dating to about 2600 B.C., we visited a museum that uses pottery and other artifacts to tell the history of several leading cultures of Peru over more than 5,000 years.
Our tour of downtown Lima began in an early colonial monastery, Convento de San Francisco, known for its religious art above ground and its history below ground. Convento y Iglesia de San Francisco in central Lima. We admired the courtyard, the wood carvings, and the paintings, including…
Given their late arrival on Wednesday, well past midnight, students appreciated having the orientation start pushed back by an hour to 10 a.m. on Thursday, their first full day in Lima. We began with a brisk walk from the hostel, Albergue Miraflores House, to Casa Goshen, a fourth-floor, walk-up apartment…
Goshen students met their host families on Friday after a summer day spent touring downtown Lima. With schools closed for vacation and traffic lighter than normal, we made especially good time on the return trip. So good, in fact, that we stopped for ice cream (the flavors chosen included sauco…
Minutes after their arrival in Lima, nine students gathered for the first of many group photos. After an extended day of travel, nine students arrived in Lima shortly after midnight, having traded fierce cold in Goshen for a very different season. The trip began around 3 a.m.
