We flew into San Juan yesterday. The day started with us flying out of Myrtle Beach at 7:00 AM to go to Charlotte. From there we flew direct to San Juan. We arrived in San Juan around noon and found my parents. We drove from the airport to Piñones, this little beach type area with lots of local eateries. I was dying to eat an Alcapurria de Jueyes (crab filled cake, deep fried). After eating myself silly we went to the Supermarket and bought the things for us to eat during our visit here.
We finally made it into Old San Juan and got to my parents place. A nice little apartment in the old town. We took a walk down to La Plaza de Armas, one of the plazas surrounded by stores and little food shops. The kids had fun chasing the Palomas, pigeons, and shooting them with water guns. After that it was back to the apartment to shower and go to bed.
Today they woke up early and had had enough after 2 hours of watching TV. I offered to go on an adventure so we ventured up to El Morro, on of the original forts built by the spanish to protect the city back in the 1500's. We walked all up and down exploring the light house, Garitas, cannons, and dungeons. We walked down scary stairs, and climbed on every imaginable wall that we could climb on to take pictures. After about an hour we were overheated and dying for something cool to drink. We left El Morro and found a Piraguero, a snow cone cart. We each had a Piragua and sat on a shaded bench while watching a ballet class. Finally we walked back to the apartment. What a great adventure we had.
The kids did complain awhile so i changed the subject by getting the to come up with their own explorer names. I was christened Captain Cool (obviously), the boy chose Captain Hold, and the girl chose Hot Hottie (cause she was so hot).
More to do later today. I'll update on another occasion.
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