Carnival of Pirates and Royalists

Madeline with her nephews and nice.

Aunty Vilma , Uncles Alejandro, Tito and Kike from my paternal side.

Madeline playing ball with her cousins.

    At a party with the family where everybody got thrown into the pool.                                                                                In Peru during February  is carnavales in most of the country is celebrated with partying
lots of dancing and parading but in Lima is more about getting you soaking wet and partying!
Good times.

I know what you are thinking!
Cousins and nephews in a kind of Sus situation.

Louise busting a move and flying the ozzie flag.

Me.  i was almost full cut so i don't know what i was doing but it fell good!

It's not as easy as just grabbing them from the freezer section.                                                                                                If you want peas here in Peru you have to peal your own.
It adds character to the meals and a few more minutes.

Also, you buy eggs by the kilo.

Avenida Arequipa from the apartment , noisy at times since the drivers here
think that beeping their horns at everything that moves it's normal.
Oh look there's a bird "beep beep".  Oh look there's another car "beep beep"
Oh look there's a corner "beep beep".

Dos Gringas and a Peruvian soldier from the artillery regiment at the Real Felipe .

 Photo with Joaquin and crew.
The Fort of Real Felipe  was the biggest structure  build in 1747 by the Spanish in Peru and the Americas .
The main purpose was to protect the port of Callao near the city of Lima which was use as the
gateway to ship the gold from Peru to Spain the port was constantly attacked by pirates and corsairs the
 likes of Sir Francis Drake in 1579  .
This Fort has been the silent witness but never broken to many battles, sieges and mutinies  that shape the country
 from colonial times. Now days the fort still holds a small contingent of soldiers and it's also a military museum.

This is call the tower of the King.  The fort is of pentagonal shape and is full of surprises like dungeons, lifting bridges,
mazes, mass graves, original cannons and heaps of horrible stories and amazing victories.

Funny how on the way to the Fort i was telling Louise and Madeline how this fort was
build by the Spanish to protect the port from pirates and Louise said ( so I may get myself
a Johnny Deep ) She nearly got her wish.

Inside the fort.

On top of the Tower.

I love the uniform.

Picture taken by Madeline .

At the park

Another Pic taken By Maddie.