Picking up a Battery and Visiting Venezuela's Most Sacred Historic Place

Since early November last year, I had ordered a battery for my laptop. The part was not available in any tech store and after much searching I found a place that promised to import the original one.

I paid half the price of the battery ($25) and the other half I would pay when the battery arrived.

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After almost three months, they finally called yesterday. Due to some custom's complications, the shipment had been delayed.

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Honestly, I was preparing myself to lose that money. Luckily, these people delivered what they promised.

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The place is located on University Av, right across the Parque Carabobo subway station. The battery has been working great, so we are relieved!

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After that errand, we walked back to Plaza La Candelaria, where the Candelaria Church is.

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@manujune and her mom wanted to light a candle for José Gregorio Hernández. They were about to close the church, but after some begging, they were allowed to get in.

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After that, we walked to Sambil mall to get some yarn for @manujune . She just finished her first big piece! (She will be posting about it).

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I do not know much about knitting, but I can tell this place can be addictive.

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We walked around, had lunch and took some pictures. The place was not so crowded considering it was a Saturday.

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We were ready to come back home, but from there there were no buses that would get us near. We walked quite a few blocks and took one that left us near a place we had been planning to visit for a while.

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The Nacional Pantheon!

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This is the place where some of the most important people in the history of Venezuela are burried.

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It is a magnificent place. Despite all the ideological controversies about who deserves to stay and who should be kicked out, the place has been preserved in all its majesty.

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As a kid, growing in a small rural town, reading about the deeds of our founding fathers, héroes and intellectuals, I dreamed of the day I could visit this place.

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From military heroes of the stature of Sucre to other less known military figures, intelectuals, doctor's, politicians, educators, musicians, and writers like Teresa de la Parra, anyone who matters in the history of Venezuela is here!

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But, of course, the place of honor has been reserved for Simón Bolívar, the Liberator. His remains used to be in this área, the end of the building, but then an additional building was built, a mausoleum, to give him and even more priviledged status.

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I can't deny the whole place is awe-inspiring. However, the memory of the Liberator has been so manipulated for political and social-control purposes, I can't help feeling some frustration too.

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I hope one day this place can inspire new generations of heroes who would honor the memories of so many men and women who elevated our country's name to the highest places.

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I think history is already being rewritten, this putting every actor in their right place.