An afternoon of relaxing at the palace...to celebrate having overcome the broken floor

We spent the evening walking the grounds of the Palace San Souci. Built in 1806 it was the palace of the first president of Haiti, Henri Christoph. Above the palace, at the top of the highest mountain peak is the Citadel, known as the eighth wonder of the world.  The citadel has a 360 degree view and was constructed to prevent the French from reinvading.

The town of Milot from the steps of the Palace.

Henri Christoph’s toilet

Even when we’re relaxing we’re thinking about toilets. We visited the site of the toilet of the first President of Haiti, Henri Christoph.  The palace of San Souci actually had an incredibly sophisticated water system, and Christoph used water diverted from the mountain rains to flush his toilet.  The toilet flushed into the valley below and all the way down the mountainside you can see a trail of vegetation and flowers, maybe some of the nitrogen from Christoph’s body still lives in those flowers.