De Viaje a El Salvador

This past weekend a friend from school and I went to El Salvador.  It was a quick trip, but we got to spend one day in the capital, San Salvador, and one day at the beach! 

Waiting to cross the border.  It took a while to get there, with weekend/Semana Santa traffic and the backup of semi trucks.  I guess they have to wait a day before they're allowed to cross, so there's always a line parked along the road.  But we crossed with no problems!

Hotel where we stayed

We happened to be there on the anniversary of Oscar Romero's death, a priest who stood up for the rights of the poor at the beginning of their civil war.  On this day in 1980 he was killed while performing mass.

Downstairs of the cathedral.  This is for the poor.

Upstairs / Main level of the cathedral.  If you are considered to be in the poorer class, you are not allowed here.  We suspect this is the case with the lady who showed us around. 

 

Above:  A different church.  Loved the stained glass!
Below:  Yet another church.  This one was adorable :)

Oh my gosh there was just another earthquake.  Right now. (In Guatemala, not El Salvador.) Ahhhh!  I will never get used to those. (4.9)

Ok, back to pictures... The inside of the white church above.

 

11 disciples in a procession

 

 



We went to a museum.

To the playa!



some of the countryside, taken from the bus.  It was beautiful, but hard to get a picture.