Random Arequipa

We've been blown away by Sandy, her reach and devastation.  We've been glued to CNN (we get it here!), and our pcs, and the emails we've received from Gen, Elizabeth (who happened to be in Manhattan) and from friends in Sandy's path.  Mostly good news of people and stuff being generally safe; New Jersey friends still unreported.  We're thinking of you all, and can barely imagine the recovery . . . omg.
 
Here are a few photos of Arequipa, first, a small toilet section, then random stuff.   

Toilets:

This, from the Arequipa founder's home in the country.  One sits over the little drawer sticking out in the lower left side of this piece of furniture.  There's a lid for it, too, so close the drawer til the servants take care of it.

This, an old school porcelain bedpan, called the NEW Slipper Bedpan. 

This was found in a nun's "cell", from the early 1800s, parts missing. 

From a convent, with a nice lid.

 Miscellaneous photos:

A horsehide rug, with tail attached, in an old home. 

The streets are narrow here, but few scratches and lots of maneuvering.

An armored vehicle.  Rhinoceros by Mercedes. 

Quails eggs in the grocery, fifty cents for a dozen.

The only efficient crossing guard in Arequipa (very officious).  Interesting old-school guy. 

Tired Steve, leaning against the sillar stone wall outside of a church.

$4 worth of picso sours -- happy hours are a regular part of our lives here.

The Plaza de Armas, from the cathedral roof. 

A driveable wheel chair from the early 1800s (seen in the infirmary section of a convent) -- required a pusher in back. 

 

Water filter from the 1700s, a porous stone.  It filtered a liter in about 8 hours. 

A cat Steve saw eyeing a bird in the tree.  It's hard to find cats here, although dogs roam, sleep on the sidewalks. 

Shoelaces!

 I liked this portrait.  Nice lines, nice face.

Music section of town.