I spent some time at the airport with Elke before she caught
her connecting flight to Tacna. After catching a taxi to the city
and getting a room the first stop was the Monasterio de Santa Catalina. This
is a 400+ year old convent that was closed to the world for most of that time
and only open to the public recently. Most of the nuns now spend their time
in a much smaller part of the monestario. The rest has been turned into a
rather interesting museum.
Here is another scanned postcard. I forgot my camera so postcards rule
the day.
Here is a floor plan of the place and what I got for my admission fee.
There are arrows that guide you thru the complex. I could have also gotten
a guide rather cheaply, but passed.
The next day I visited the Franciscan Monestary on the other side of the
town. They have a rather famous library with 400 year old books. Here is
a sample of the library.
Here is just a small portion of the catherdral in the monestary and
one of the many court yards.