Estamos perdidas ... Donde estan? ... Los Olivos

So after months of hard work Nini and her business partner were finally able to open their store, PECOS=PERU, tonight at 5pm. It's an art store and each piece is made out of glass. She invited Sarah and Adela as well to the opening but Adela had a meeting so it was just Sarah and me. The store is in the district called Los Olivos, not too far from our depto. Adela warned us that it could be a little dangerous of a neighborhood but she tends to say that about anywhere we go that isn't school . . . Luckily we live in a part of Lima that is a huge public transportation hub, there are micros and combis that go everywhere. We hopped on a micro that said "Tdo. Universitaria" meaning that it covered that entire street. We got off in Los Olivos about a mile from the store. In hindsight Sarah and I actually walked right past Nini's store while trying to find it.



Nini had told me that the store was close to the intersection of Mayolo, inbetween blocks 8 and 9. What I didn't expect was that block 9 is 4 blocks long!! I'm wondering if the same people who planned the roads in St. Paul took a little trip to Lima way back when . . . I called Maxi, Nini's husband and he told me to go back to Plaza Vea (which is on the 2nd block of block 9). We found it after half an hour of meandering and asking in bodegas. Ariving fashionably late, the opening didn't start until close to 6:30 (Peruvian time can be a bit tricky!), we still got there with plenty of time to spare. All of Nini's friends and family had shown up so there were plenty of people to meet and talk too. There was a little ceremony, with a ribbon tied across the doorway.



The store and the pieces are beautiful, I can't wait to go back to shop (mom I promise anything I buy I'll wrap in my clothes and put in the middle of my suitcase). Eventually Nini hopes that they can start making and selling jewelry pieces as well. It was a lot easier to get home since Sarah and I knew where we were going this time, but I'm glad I got to see a different part of the city (perdoname Fransisco si te asuste cuando te dije que estaba perdida en Los Olivos!!)