This morning we had a little sleep in and then met for breakfast with the rest of our group so we could say good bye to our guide. It has been a really fun 35 days but all good things come to and end.
The five of us wandered into see the changing of the guard at the presidential palace but instead we witnessed the comings and goings of a few foreign diplomats and the ceremony that accompanied them. We then found the Museum of Inquisition which unfortunately was all in Spanish but as it is in the building that was the home to the Inquisition between 1570 to 1820 it was still interesting to see.
We then made our way to the Monastery of San Francisco and its Catacombs. The Church was completed in 1774 and still stands despite being on fault lines. It has survived many earth quakes because it was constructed with bamboo and mud so is flexible. The library was absolutely amazing and holds books from the late 1400’s. The catacombs were also really interesting and were the only public cemetery of that time so have the remains of an estimated 70,000 people including the 3000-5000 people who were executed during the inquisition.
After finishing at the monastery we made our way back to our hotel wandering through some artisan’s markets and different streets of Lima and then chilled out for the rest of the day before bidding farewell to Jess, the first of our group to depart.
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