A note about Lima from a friend

The following was written by Charisse Phillips, who is currently looking after Goliatha:

Lima is an old city. It was a big city nearly one hundred years before the Pilgrims even landed at Plymouth Rock. It has many grand buildings, since it was the capital of the whole Spanish empire in South America. The buildings don't always look so old, though, because Lima has had so many really big earthquakes that a lot of the buildings fell down. They were rebuilt each time. You can see that some of the buildings are pink and yellow. Lima is in the tropics so there a lots of palm trees too.

People in Lima speak Spanish. They like to eat seafood, rice, corn and sweet potatoes. They drink Inca Cola. It tastes like bubble gum.

Lima is right on the ocean but it is in a desert with no trees or grass at all. It has two rivers that are filled during the summer with the rain water from the far away Andes mountains. When it is summer in Lima it is winter in the United States. More than 11 million people live in Lima. That is the size of New York City. Lima has some islands and a short boat trip takes you to see wild penguins and sea lions that live on the islands.

Charisse Phillips