This morning Janos was out for a drone session, his last opportunity. I hope you enjoy his birds eye view of Trujillo!

“Baciyelmo”, the name of the house, is a word coined by Miguel de Cervantes in 1605, and appears in the first part of his famous novel, “Don Quixote”. In this particular chapter, Don Quixote is convinced that the helmet he is wearing is the famous  and magical Mambrino’s helmet, whereas everybody else just sees it for what it is, an ordinary barber’s basin. Cervantes, with his customary sharpness of wit puts the term ‘baciyelmo’ into Sancho Panza’s mouth,  a word created from the Spanish words for barber's basin and helmet, combining reality and illusion."

Karla and Herman chose the name for their guest house, el Baciyelmo, because it stands for the uniting of contradictions: old and new, family home and family business, the obvious and surprise, dream and reality, and as I already mentioned aesthetics and functionality. 

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This is my last entry from Trujillo, but I hope to continue the journal until we are safely home.