After a good night of sleep in the Asuncion Palace Hotel we got picked up by Marco (who spoke a remarkably good English – and an even better German) for a day trip around Asuncion.

First stop on our tour was a museum of indigenous with an option to shop at an attached handicraft shop. Afterward we drove over to the main square of San Lorenzo to have a view at the church. This church has been built with support by Germany, according to Marco it is a copy of a church in Düsseldorf. Next stop on our tour was at beautiful Lake Ypacarai, before we drove over to a restaurant for buffet lunch and some time at the pool to relax.

In the late afternoon we got a chance to stock up on nanduti (Paraguayan lacework), before being transferred back to the hotel we visited a museum of mythical figures, which was a bit strange, including one figure with its penis five times wrapped around the body … all fairly weird.