For our final day in Vigan, we decided to check out the various museums in the area.

First on our list was the Syquia Mansion Museum. This was where President Quirino's wife grew up in, and later became the home of Pres. Quirino and his wife. It was HUGE. The place itself was very well-kept, and the restoration - which was still ongoing, actually - was awesome. A lot of stuff back in the day was recreated, such as the Malacanang dining hall when Quirino was president, as well as bedrooms and libraries within the mansion. Quirino's old clothes were on display, as were a lot of pictures. I learned that Quirino's wife died during the war, and his eldest surviving daughter served as First Lady during his term as president. We also saw a painting that actually served as his campaign poster. The poster originally read "Quirino for President," but after he won, they painted over the word "for." Funny.

The next museum we checked out was the Crisologo Museum, dedicated to one of the families that ruled Vigan and Ilocos Sur back in the day. We learned that Cong. Floro Crisologo was a lawyer who also fought in the Vietnam War. We also learned that he was assassinated inside Vigan Cathedral in the 1970s, and we even saw his blood-stained pants, shoes, and sunglasses. They had a lot of children, many of whom are now living abroad (and most married foreigners as well). They are a learned family, with family members studying and graduating from schools such as Yale. One of their children is Bingbong Crisologo, who is apparently an incumbent congressman here in Quezon City.

From there, we headed to the National Museum, also known as Burgos Museum, formerly known as Ayala Museum, housed in Padre Burgos' birthplace. This was more of a general history of Ilocos, and we learned about what early Ilocanos used (their boat was nothing more than a hollowed tree trunk). We learned about the famous Ilocanos, as well as important events in Ilocano (and Vigan) history, such as the basi revolt during Spanish times.

After that, we made one last sweep of the city proper, and I had my pictures taken with some of the landmarks, proof that I was actually there in the city.

After some last minute pasalubong shopping along Calle Crisologo, we had dinner one last time at Cafe Leona, before we started looking for "Vigan nightlife." We hoped to find it at Sitio Bar, but it was practically empty. We made the best of our happy hour bucket of San Mig Light, though.

We headed back to Grandpa's Inn to pick up our bags, but not after sobering up at Cafe Uno, the coffee shop that was on the ground floor of Grandpa's Inn. Heck, that coffee shop seemed to have more "nightlife" than Sitio Bar. We then got a tricycle near Sitio Bar, headed for the Partas bus station, and said goodbye to Vigan.