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ate afternoon the next day, we ropean-style mansions, and summer
strolled with Edward from our homes used primarily for weekend get‐
hotel back to the boardwalk, one aways.
of his favorite starting points for Things went south during the War of
L walks along the coast with his the Pacific (1879-1884) when Chilean
wife Poppy. Soon we were passing from troops looted and burned it. What was
Miraflores into Barranco, one of the left became a mecca for artists and writ‐
forty-three districts that make up the ers. In 1940 it was devastated again, this
province of Lima. Originally a fishing vil‐ time by a massive earthquake. Rebuilding
lage, the area attracted Lima’s elite who goes on to this day in what is now consid‐
built beautiful seaside ranches, grand Eu‐ ered one of the 25 top “hipster“ neighbor‐
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