Good Friday (updated)

So we actually got up at 6:30 this morning and went out to watch the special procession through the old city that I mentioned in the last post. Aaand… rained out! Not really pouring, but they are naturally pretty careful with their centuries old icons. Interestingly, if they cancel taking the icon out, they still carry the icon marching in place in the church for the same amount of time the route would have taken. No slacking off just because it rained!

So we walked around, had pastries and coffee, and just relaxed. Went to the excellent Museum of Càceres, saw yet another procession forming up, had lunch, and walked and walked. All of f the processions I know of were cancelled today.

Càceres is a really nice small city. Tomorrow we take a 1/2 hour train ride to Mèrida. It’s a lot smaller than Càceres and has a lot of Roman ruins. A couple more days of dicy weather and then it’s supposed to dry out.

UPDATE: I added a couple of photos forgot to include. We came across a poster for a Penitent Pub Crawl, with map and all. I guess they’re making sure they have sufficient sin for the penitence they are going to do?Read more