Las Brisas Del Condado San Juan

My friend is a big fan of the snorkeling, so she set us all up with an unforgettable outing - the catamaran snorkel cruise! We booked our tour through a website given to us by our hotel, Viator. What we didn't realize is that we weren't booking with a specific company - just the tour and then Viator selected the company. So, I guess we were lucky because all went smoothly and we had a great time. Now that I ...

... the looses sense of the word - service on this island is very slow, it's island life so go with the flow!<br><br>After breakfast we made our way to the pool where we spent the entire day relaxing! Joanna, one of the pool attendants, was so sweet and she made our visit to the pool very enjoyable. She walked around - right at the heat of the day with cold wash clothes to hand ...

... by bus on a modern road through rapidly changing vistas of amazing vegetation, tree orchids, giant ferns,wild flowers, spectacular waterfalls and views of the entire northeast coast. Wow! Bob sure knows his subject.. Lets only hope that the Big Whale brings us to destination.<br><br>After an hour drive, we finally arrived. We could see the big huge black clouds shadowing the top of the mountains of the Rainforest. As Bob explained ...

... with olive oil, garlic, and broccoli. The pasta was delicious - big pieces of garlic, flavorful broccoli and fresh parmesan cheese. The food arrived super quickly and the restaurant provided great service! <br><br> After dinner, we picked up a few treats and beverages at the Starbucks - Poolie got a gooey caramel brownie that had layers of caramel upon brownies on top of other brownies! I got a red velvet cupcake and a vanilla ...

... demonstrations till time for our emergency practice drill. At 6pm the alarm sounds and we all go in mass, wearing our lifejackets, to the staging areas to get briefed on what to do in the event that we go down. Dinner follows the drill, then back to the cabin for an early turn in. Been a long day. Tomorrow is totally at sea on the way to Barbados. More to follow.......

... our luggage and headed straight for the airport for what was going to be a long day of traveling. Once at the San Juan airport, we had about 5 hours to kill before our 3pm flight to Fort Lauderdale. Nothing sucks more than trying to kill time at an airport. Our flight to Fort Lauderdale was only about an hour and a half and once we got there, we learned out flight to Dallas was going to be delayed by an hour. I was concerned that we were going to miss ...

Since Kyle stayed in a different hotel than we did, we all planned to meet up with him in Old San Juan, which is the historic part of San Juan. Staying with his family wasn't as weird as I thought, although they did drive me nuts (they'll never read this, so no matter). His dad had a short temper and his younger sister Kortney, age 16, just complained and complained and COMPLAINED the entire time. Not ...

... and I went together, and were greeted by a Reggaeton student band. We were able to mingle with the students, however I was a bit disappointed that the students spoke such articulate English, as I was looking forward to practicing my Spanish. We learned Salsa and Meringue, and we were able to sample some authentic Puerto Rican appetizers. When the night ended, I had made some great friends that I hope to keep in touch with. Tomorrow will be even better!

... Bart and I guarantee you will have the best time in the best location that you could possibly imagine. My work has been a bit of a pain but as they are letting us take a six month sabbatical how upset can I really be?!?! Hopefully, it will soon be done and we can start worrying only about the places we want to go! It looks like we will be arriving at the Arenal volcano around midnight tonight - we are there for a day and a half and then we are set ...

... card holder, a cool pen with a face, and a bunch of other stuff. No American school would ever do half of what these people did for us, I was seriously so grateful for everything because they were so excited and so nice to all of us. OOOhhh, and we did the Puerto Rican electric slide, don't worry Alys it's not another dance you have to learn it's just the regular electric slide put to Salsa music but it lasted approximately 15 minutes, no lie, longest dance EVER! The next ...