When we went to Los Llanos with the Leavitt's on Wednesday, they had wanted to go see the ship we saw the other day so we arranged to take them this morning. They are temple missionaries and do not have transportation. Since we had been inside the boat we wandered around and took pictures of the walls and structures that were built over 400 years ago.
This is one of the look out towers. The windows are tiny but the walls are thick and have obviously withstood being fired upon.
This was the entrance to the Colonial City. It looks like at one time they had kind of a mote in front of the walls but have since built it up and added walkways. The Coat of Arms in cement above the walkway was amazing.
This must have been a lower level line of defense because these cannons were in front of the others high on the wall.
There are two rows of cement walls. The path down the middle was where the military with guns and arrow fought from - they were protected by the walls - if they weren't standing that is.
It amazes me how much history there is here. I love their old buildings. They rarely tear anything down here so many of their old buildings have had another layer of cement added to the existing wall and have become homes of businesses.
They have been celebrating their Independence Day with this weeks long carnival. This was one of the interesting decorations we saw this morning.
We had two Spanish classes this afternoon then went to Yturralde's for dinner with the Eickbushes. Sister Yturralde makes these chicken tacos that are delicious! We played Five Crowns and visited. It was lots of fun. Hate to see the Eickbushes go.
Made some vegetable beef soup - which usually is tasteless because the beef is chunks of stuff that have no flavor. But for some reason this really tastes good. It must have been the beef bouillon. Got to get to bed and get rested for tomorrow!
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