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Girfriends’ trip to San Juan
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Girfriends’ trip to San Juan

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    13. april 2019
  • Laurie ReynoldsGirfriends’ trip to San JuanLaurie Reynolds
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    In Old San Juan

    14. april 2019, Puerto Rico ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C

    Four of us who started together at Illiois years and years ago have since separated and are now teaching in Pennsylvania, Arizona, and Nevada. I am the only one still at Illinois. We are now in year 13 of an annual trip, and this year our choice was San Juan. We are in a hotel right on the water, spread across a number of colonial houses with nooks and crannies, lots of little outdoor patios, called The Gallery Inn. There’s a rooftop patio looking straight out over th watr, it is glorious.

    These trips are not for touring and museums, mainly for just walking and talking and eating. We got here yesterday afternoon and had our first meal of mofongos. We were all pretty exhausted because two had been on the red-eyes and the other two had left home on 5 am flights. In bed by 11, up at 8 and then the day was just as we envisioned — started with a good coffee, then a saunter through Old San Juan, lunch in a great little empanada place. After that we went to the forts, pretty amazing. We just walked and talked and ate, just as we had planned.

    Many of the old colonial houses have been restored since the hurricaine, so the old part looks amazing. We are so lucky to be able to do this, here’s hoping for many more.    Les mer

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    Enjoying Old San Juan

    15. april 2019, Puerto Rico ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C

    We woke up this morning with no idea of what we were going to do. Breakfast first, in a great outdoor cafe. Then a couple of hours circling the governmental capital. Beautiful capitol building, statues of every U.S president who has visited. So far Trump’s statue has not been erected, but we think he should be represented with a roll of paper towels in his hand.

    We hopped in a cab and went to the closed Puerto Rican Museum of Art. But it has lovely gardens, and we got to see the weekly iguana hunt. The guards told us that the have between 30 and 80 babies per year and eat everything in sight. Saw a Botero statue and sat on benches in the shade gabbing away.

    Tonight we have a fancy dinner in a restaurant called Marmalade, and then tomorrow we head home. Old San Juan is a great place for a short break. Lots of walking, beautiful views, and great food.    Les mer

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    Heading home

    16. april 2019, Puerto Rico ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C

    After a three hour four course tasting menu last night at Marmalade we made it back to our Inn (Old San Juan is beautiful at night.) and wound up gabbing till 2. Way too late.

    Marmalade had an after dinner drink named I’m peach mint. Tag line after the description—order a second one and I’ll get México to pay for it. 😄

    No need for breakfast this morning but we took a walk for coffee and grandkid t-shirts. Now we’re at the airport, saying goodbye— till next years GTG.    Les mer

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    17. april 2019