Travel Tales: Puerto Rico 2008, Part Three

Sunday morning came with a trip to Old San Juan. We left relatively early and began our tour of the city. Frances was a helpful tour guide, though of course I don't remember anything! However, we saw a lot of old buildings and statues, and it's always a lot of fun to look at architecture, whether you remember it's significance or not. It was also really nice to see the water even more than we had at the hotel - it really put the island into perspective. We even got to see a cruise ship coming into the port!

Me by the fountain.
Me by the water.

We were headed for lunch so we continued our walk, stopping briefly at the pigeon park where kids go to feed the birds. Both Kristi and I commented on the size of the pigeons.

The Pigeon Park.

For lunch, we ate at the restaurant that claims to be the birthplace of the pina collada, so naturally we had to try them. We also had the opportunity to eat authentic Puero Rican cuisine, which of course, I really enjoyed. After a HUGE meal that left us all too full to want to walk, we continued on our journey and made our way to the fort.

The fort was a really interesting place, full of little nooks and crannies for people to hide in.







Once we had exhausted ourselves in Old San Juan, we headed back to the hotel to relax on the beach for the remainder of the afternoon. That night, we decided to be adventurous and go out for dinner, so we asked the concierge what was within walking distance. Using a local Denny's as our landmark, we managed to find a cute (and cheap!) little diner-type place that also happened to sell gelato. We had a nice dinner and then headed back to the hotel to relax and sleep off the exhaustion of the day!