Living Large in Lima

We hope we have taken care of one of the main components of a successful stay in Lima--finding a good place to live.  We spent the first month in an adequate but not great VRBO while a realtor helped us locate a new place.  There were three important parameters:

• quiet, much of Lima is an assault on the ears with car alarms screaming and taxis honking
  

• on a park so Finn and Sam have a place to play

• within walking distance of school.  We have no car since driving in Lima is very much like driving in a video game.  Limenos have rules known only to those who grew up here.
• a spare bedroom for all the guests we hope will visit us.
  

With a great deal of luck the first place we looked at fit the bill and after a week here still think we scored.

We're on the left on the third floor.

The place is big enough so everyone can find his own space.  Marnie cannot believe that she has a purple kitchen. Finn likes a quiet place to read; Sam prefers the television nook.

The park across the street is great, too.  It's basically like having a front yard as big as a block.  We are the only family in Lima to play baseball and American football.  We are also the only ones with two-wheeled scooters. 
There is a wonderful breeze coming in the deck doors bringing in the cooing of West Andean Doves as I write this.  We hope your afternoon is as pleasant as ours.