We had the late night with my late arrival which meant a late start in the morning. We were at Daniela's house so her mother was home when we got moving and we quickly ate breakfast with her then got cleaned up and separated our packing to take for the first couple days of the trip. When we were ready we took a cab to Barranco where were were going to stay at the Hotel Park Suites for Saturday and Sunday nights. The drive took a little while but we made it eventually. We really on checked in and right away went out to lunch. The room we got was the India suite for the first night. Daniela told me we were going to change for the second night.
We took another cab to lunch. We had to walk a couple minutes to main avenue to get a taxi but it was fairly quick. We went to La Salta de Fraile which is a restaurant with a name that translates to The Jumping Friar. The idea is that a monk jumps from the cliffs into the ocean. We got there in time to see such a demonstration though we found out as we entered the restaurant after watching (and recording it) that the guy we saw was not the official one from the restaurant but was a guy who was doing it on his own. Daniela screamed when he jumped but he was fine and climbed right back up the cliffs and came around and collected tips.
Inside the restaurant I got a Chilcano and Daniela got a algorribina which is a pisco drink that has a fruit and some chocolate in it so that it tastes a little like a chocolate shake or frozen mudslide. She ordered and we shared a causa de mariscos which is a potato and seafood (shellfish) dish. It was very good. For dinner I had a braised fish in its own broth and Daniela had a rice and seafood. The food was all very good and I even got some octopus from Daniela's dish because she wouldn't eat it. After we were done eating we stayed around for a little while and watched the sunset and got dessert and coffees. The dessert was an ice cream dish with cognac, chocolate sauce and whipped cream. The ice cream was strawberry. It was very good.
After dinner we had the restaurant car drive us to downtown Barranco then we walked slowly back to the hotel where we spent the night. On the way we stopped at a small bookstore and bought Daniela a couple of books.
The pictures from day one are found here.
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