Olimpo Court Hotel San Juan

... I got checked-in quickly when it was our turn. Maybe 3 minutes, tops, which made us wonder what takes everyone else so long. Security and immigration was a breeze, and then we made it to the gate area. BGI has a feel a bit like DEN in that it’s sort of a permanent tent-like structure. The odd thing is that the gates don’t have departure monitors though, so when flights get delayed, you don’t really notice. (This might be by ...

... go up to the top deck where they have a walking path. We have been doing 2 to 4 miles on the path each day (12 laps around) and timing ourselves on John's stopwatch. John has made a game out of it and pushes us to beat our times on each lap. That's good because we need to do something to help keep off the pounds from all of the food on the ship. There is a full basketball court on the ship and John played a bit again yesterday. John and I ...

... 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 ...

... with our short trills and experience, we dry toweled ourselves and then quickly put our clothes back on over our still wet bathing suits.

We then continued hiking along the path still being amazed at so many vistas around us (well at least me). As for Mi, he was always a good 40 feet ahead of me showing off his skills of fast walking and good shape. Ha Ha. After 45 minutes, we finally arrived at a point that had lots of ...

... place! We got to a beach. Neither of us had planned a bath in the sea for that day,thus I just went to put mylegs into it. It was wonderful. On a meadow in a park we saw an iguana (well, I think it was the one). In the eveing we got to the old town. Lots of pigeons, turists and an internet cafe. We stayed there for about 40 mins. I even managed to connect to my Mum via skype, but when it came totalking with her, I lost ...

... her through the swarms of pigeons. Katie and I decided if Lauren could feed all those birds, we could at least hold one, so we chased after them for a bit, trying to pick them up. I was still a little timid about the whole thing, so I didn't get in there and grab them like the little boys did. He saw me chasing after them so he came up to me and offered me his, so we passed it around and took pictures with it. We were standing under a tree at this point and ...

... war ships in the 17th century because it was so hard and can take a lot of hits. The king of Spain wouldn't let anyone export because he considered it a secret of war. They funniest one was when our guide, Guillermo, said: "you take the juice from this plant, you take it to a lab and ...you pay 25 million to go to the moon or you take this and BAM you already there, it's LSD." It was easy to see after the tour why Puerto Rico is responsible for ...

... of Van Gijseghem and de Leonardis, I did not distinguish between jars and ollas. Ten bowls, varying in shape from shallow to deep, comprise 1/3 of the assemblage. They possess thicker walls than most fineware bowls, with reduced cores and have pastes ranging from medium-fine to coarse. All bowls are slipped, either with a wash of the same clay, or a red or orange slip. The colored slip is often applied to the entire surface or as a band circling the rim of the exterior ...

... it was on the other side of town, then I ran into some SASers and they said we were in the right place. Unfortunately we are a little directionally challenged and ended up taking a very scenic but very out of the way route. We walked probably a mile out of the way. It was worth it though. The fort was breathtaking and you could see so many sights from the top. We ran into heather, the girl from the plane who also has the same computer, and she saved us seats while ...

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 ...