On Sunday evening, I stayed in and went to bed around 8. It was amazing. I got 12 hours of sleep the night after Daylight Savings Time. I was so well-rested Monday, it was amazing.
On Monday, after we went to the monastery, we drove out to a tiny town called Trujillo. I say Trujillo is tiny, but it's larger than Guadalupe (case in point, there were actually clothing stores in Trujillo). It also has a really pretty plaza with this Cathedral
Trujillo is the birthplace of Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro, and a house built by the money that he sent back to Spain during his conquests lords over the town plaza. There's also a statue of him in the town plaza.
Apparently, when Pizarro was conquering the Incas in Peru, he married Inca chief Atahualpa's sister, Quispe Sisa or Inés Yupanqui, and they had a daughter in 1534, named Francisca Pizarro Yupanqui.
In 1552, Francisca married her uncle, Hernando Pizarro, and they built the aforementioned house. They even made sure to include the familial shield on it: a pictographic history of the discovery, conquest and enslavement of the Incas. It's weird and disturbing.
We wandered through the town, and even took the tourist train up to the castle overlooking the town.
It's a pretty impressive castle. Really pretty walls and turrets overlooking the town (and overlooking some delightful sheep and roosters).
It was a lovely day trip!
On Monday, after we went to the monastery, we drove out to a tiny town called Trujillo. I say Trujillo is tiny, but it's larger than Guadalupe (case in point, there were actually clothing stores in Trujillo). It also has a really pretty plaza with this Cathedral
Trujillo is the birthplace of Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro, and a house built by the money that he sent back to Spain during his conquests lords over the town plaza. There's also a statue of him in the town plaza.
Apparently, when Pizarro was conquering the Incas in Peru, he married Inca chief Atahualpa's sister, Quispe Sisa or Inés Yupanqui, and they had a daughter in 1534, named Francisca Pizarro Yupanqui.
In 1552, Francisca married her uncle, Hernando Pizarro, and they built the aforementioned house. They even made sure to include the familial shield on it: a pictographic history of the discovery, conquest and enslavement of the Incas. It's weird and disturbing.
We wandered through the town, and even took the tourist train up to the castle overlooking the town.
It's a pretty impressive castle. Really pretty walls and turrets overlooking the town (and overlooking some delightful sheep and roosters).
It was a lovely day trip!
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