Foot and Fire

 You were not in Vigan City if you have not entered the Crisologo Museum which is in fact the old house of the Crisologo's turned into a museum. Since, it is an old house, it is a tatse of an old Spanish house indeed. Here are my favorite and memorable shots during the visit... At the sala, on the second floor of the wooden ancestral house. My favorite shot of me. This is at the kitchen of the Crisologos... Also on the second floor, this room is one of the  bedrooms of the Crisologos. I love this portrait capture of my family. The late Cong. Floro Crisologo. He is the fathe rof the SSS and Virginia Tobacco Laws... One of the nooks in the groundfloor which interests me... A very old American reports... Some titles that interest me... Though not surprisingly, Mr. Crisologo must be fluent in Spanish too. Caretaker's child interrupting albeit pleasantly, my focus on the old typewriter.  The good ol' bags of the lawyer... ...

Posing before the Arzobispado Nueva Segovia Immediate to our memory is the Spanish period in our history given the more than 300 years of occupation of the Spaniards. I believe Filipinos should pay a visit to this place to at least get the feel of the oldness of the houses, the villages, the streets in order to aid oure remembrance of our history, good or bad it may be. Upon visit, Vigan, Ilocos Norte actually nests an admirable series of houses built during the Spanish era. Hence, it was named as UNESCO World Heritage site.   Vigan was inscribed in the UNESCO World Heritage List of Sites and Monuments last December 2, 1999 which now includes 630 cultural and natural properties of exceptional universal value in entire the world and one of the only five heritage sites found in the Philippines. With its inclusion in said prestigious list of world heritage sites, Vigan has become a source of pride, and a national symbol of the Filipinos," as proudly declared in  Vigan web...