Seriously, I cannot party like a young person any more.
Mamacita linda celebrated a birthday last week and we celebrated in the proper tradition of Peruvian birthdays. In other words, eat, drink and dance till the wee hours of the morning. We started with the family at our house, Pisco and soda because I didn’t have time to make proper Pisco Sour for them all, and then to “Sr. Panda” for some yummie food.
Back at our house for cake. Peruvian birthday cakes only have 1 candle, whether you’re turning 1 or 100. Not like up North where the nr. of candles matches the nr. of years. Peruvians don’t seem to keep track of the years, Patricia doesn’t know her brother and sister’s age without seriously thinking about it.
Mami's birthday cake
Mamacita linda on her birthday!
Our apartment here in Cuzco is very small (hopefully this year that will finally change) and we can’t really entertain friends and family together, so we had decided to have the family at our house first and then a few drinks with friends at The Frogs, a sort of hip / bohemian bar close to the Plaza de Armas in Cuzco. We got to “The Frogs” around 10pm and this is where the party really took on its Peruvian character. Some of Patricia’s friends showed up early, but others didn’t show up until 1:00am, which this is totally normal here.
At the Frogs in Cuzco
We had lots of finger food and then more cake. As you can see we had a little glitch where we ran out of forks for the cake…
Cake for mami's birthday at the Frogs in Cuzco.
When you run out of forks....
We had a good time at “The Frogs” with a ridiculous amount of finger-food, more cake, and, errgh, a few drinks. The deal was that Patricia had booked a reserved room for our party and gotten a package-deal with food and drinks. At the end we decided to have the waitress bring all of our remaining drinks for a nice picture 🙂
Drinks at the Frogs in Cuzco
If you thought the party was over just because it was going on 2:00am or so, you must not be Peruvian! At 1:00am the party around the Plaza de Armas in Cuzco is just getting started. The girls decided to take the short walk from “The Frogs” to the Plaza de Armas and go dancing at one of the local discos, I think it was “Mythology”.
A few months ago there was a big to-do about the mayor of Cuzco trying to close all the discos at the Plaza de Armas. How’s that bone-headed idea working out you ask?
Just have a look… I mean, nightlife is part of any big tourist city, from Miami to Amsterdam to Downtown Disney.
Mythology disco at the Plaza de Armas Cuzco
Mamacita with one of her best and most-outgoing friends
In the wee hours of the morning we headed home but some of Patricia’s friends stayed out a bit longer. I suffered the next morning, this party stuff is for young folks 🙂
Life in Peru 
Sounds like it was a full fiesta! =) Wishing Patricia the happiest birthday! For some reason, birthdays are less linked to clubs here in Huancayo, at least within my community. It’s always a house party! =) Speaking of which, your apartment looks super cozy. =)
Actually in our family here in Cuzco most birthdays are house parties as well. This one was a bit special because (without going into detail ’cause mamacita will kick my butt) it was one of these big numbers birthdays 🙂