I got my bags packed on a roll heading out there and I'm ready to go looking real good

in my passport photo.

Amateur Traveler episode 668. Today the Amateur Traveler talks about

colonial buildings, the Cathedral and Museums, the markets, the surfing, and the Civiche as we go to Lima, Peru.

I know that I should be heading home.

Maybe not, maybe not to the day.

Welcome to the amateur traveler. I'm your host Chris Christensen. Let's talk about

Lima. I'd like to welcome the show Maggie O'Reilly from the Midik

Collection who's come to talk to us about

Lima, Peru.

Maggie, welcome to the show.

Thank you.

Thank you very much for having me today.

And I didn't say what Myda is because I'll let you say that because it answers part of the question of what's your connection to Lima?

Sure. So I'm the founder and designer of MITA Collection, which is a global fashion brand that initiated working with artisans in and around Peru, primarily Kusco and Lima.

And then within the past year and a half we've expanded to Morocco and we work with

artisans there on repurposing textiles working with fibers and transforming them

either into home accessories, furniture pieces, rugs, and then fashion

accessories for women. So we focus on small batch production.

We have an ethical and sustainable principle to our company

and we really enjoy bringing new life into textiles

that otherwise might be discarded or thrown out.

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