This morning I had scrambled eggs and a pancake for breakfast. I then decided to walk to the Old Town and found a hostel to move too later in the week – The Secret Garden. It has ridiculously steep stairs but the view from the rooftop (where the reception area is) is out over the Old Town. Because it is a holiday, not much was open except the main tourist attractions. I walked up and down hills looking at all the old buildings. I tried to get on a tour into the Presidential Palace but they kept turning me away so I am not sure how you get onto one. I looked at all the churches, plazas and museum buildings. I went into the Basilica. The stained glass windows were the usual churchy scenes but above them were another set of windows that show cased different flowers in Ecuador. I was on the way around to go up the bell tower and passed by all these underground areas of the Basilica so I went in. It was the catacombs of the church and it just kept going down and down with row after row of tombs. All were decorated with flowers and food and there were a lot of people down there. What I didn’t realise is that they are normally closed and only immediate family members can get access to that area, but because yesterday was All Souls Day, they were open for the holiday period. I attempted to go up the Basilica but the ticket lady told me it was closed so I decided to walk back to the hostel instead and repack my bag. I had dinner in the hostel café which was good.
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