Las Brisas Del Condado San Juan

Friday afternoon happy hour is taken to a whole new level at La Placita in Condado. The clientele is mostly local, as women in stilettos drink $1.25 Medalla's in the central square. If you are lucky, an old Puerto Rican guy will be dancing along with the pulsing salsa music in the streets, or you will catch sight of a local politician drinking it up at el Popular. After you have had ...

... different. I hit the treadmill at the gym. There was nobody around at the time we arrived. I proceeded in choosing the treadmill facing the front of the ship, giving me a panoramic view of San Juan. I walked for a good half hour on it feeling satisfied having done my day's exercise. As for Mi, he was going full speed ahead on his treadmill trying to outrun the machine!

After a late breakfast, we left the ship ...

... provided us of with details of his duties. He would always be outside the corridor, just a call away, if ever we needed anything. He would be cleaning our room and bringing us anything we wanted. Not knowing that Mi had tipped him a 20$US, I also tipped him the same amount. No wonder Augustino had a big smile piercing his face when I did. He was tipped twice! :-)

We quickly unpacked and then proceeded in touring ...

... paper that we are told we are to attach to our door handle. Depending on the hyroglyphics it alerts the elves that we wish to have our sheets cleaned. IMAGIN! This is something we are still coming to terms with and we apologise if this confuses our normal readers. But hey, we're all here to explore cultural diversity and we all learn by studying our fellow travelers experinces. We don't wish to ...

(PUERTO RICO) April 8, 2008 11:00 pm Hello! This morning, we had breakfast at Leonardo's. It was nicer than The Windjammer. (The "Eggs Benedict" was great!) After breakfast, we went to the pool. I tanned (and got a little burned) while Jon played a pool game. His team won and he got a luggage tag! Around noon, it became quite breezy and we soon left for lunch. We ate lunch at Leonardo's with Aunt Aundree and Uncle Tom ...

... going to do, the things you will encounter that will change you. I want for the rest of my trip to keep myself open to new things, to find joy in the smallest things and learn from everything. I miss it already. It was a little bit heartbreaking to see it get smaller and smaller as the ship sailed away towards Brazil. It's hard to be upset about going to Brazil, but I miss the people. I want to be less American in that way. I want to feel less ...

... that the car was parked in a lot another mile and a half up the road. Thank goodness he went on ahead of us to retrieve the car. Back down the road we stop at a pincho shop because Michael is now obsessed with those little kabobs. Then head out of El Yunque and back to the hotel we go to get ready for dinner. We have reservations at 8 and we don't want to be late. We look fabulous as we go down to Tangerine for dinner. The fo od is ...

... time of its occupation in Eearly Horizon phase 8. Its occupation was undoubtedly related to the Paracas culture and likely was witness to the Paracas-Nasca transition. Its excavators, Hendrik Van Gijesghem and Juan Carlos de la Torre, make a strong argument that the site was first settled by a group of Paracas elites, possessing Ocucaje phase 8 ceramics, who perhaps migrated from the Ica or Palpa valley. Soon thereafter, there was another wave of occupation at the site by a ...

... but they seemed to have a good time. Today I visited the Rio Camuy Caves. We walked through huge caverns that have been created from erosion over thousands of years. After out tour our guide took us to a local restaurant to experience real Puerto Rican cuisine. I wish I could spend more time here. The buildings are beautiful and their public art is amazing! I got some good pictures though, and hopefully I'll be able to come back.

My first trip with my husband, Alan ... newlyweds with all the time in the world (in this case 1 week because of our crazy ass jobs). Got married the day before and overnighted close to the airport, flew to Puerto Rico in the early morning, clueless as to how to begin (sort of like a marriage .. you just go until you find your way I guess - hoping to never get lost).

Dropped off at the airport and hailed a ...