The next part of our adventure happens in Old San Juan. As mentioned in my previous post...we had a long day...were hungry and tired. We just wanted to get to our apartment home that was conveniently located in the heart of old san juan and grab some dinner. Seems easy enough, right??? Wrong. That oh so convenient location just happened to not be so convenient on a Saturday night in the most poppin part of town. It literally took us 2 hours. 2 HOURS to go in a 2 mile radius circle around downtown searching for a parking spot, while moving about an inch a minute, in our starving state. Tensions were high and communication was low. And we only had to find parking for one car thanks to our super awesome landlord man standing in the street saving us a spot directly outside our door. That was awesome of him. Finally we split up, and me and Matix filled our tummies with the most delicious food ever. Calamari and flatbread pizza. It sounds a lot less exciting and delicious than it was, but I promise you, it was divine. And I would have said that even if I wasn't starved to death. Eventually we got to bed and got some much needed rest.
Did I mention how amazing our apartment was? Because it was seriously amazing. Exactly what you would imagine and want when visting Old San Juan. We adored it. Not to toot my own horn...but I did a great job finding accommodations for us.
The next day we took our time getting ready for the day and then were off to the El Yunque Rainforest. I've never been to a rainforest before so I was pretty stoked. It was gorgeous! And it even started to rain while we were there. How appropriate. The only bummer about this rainforest is there's no real animals. The only mammals they have are bats, which we never saw. Other than that, it was super cool. You could hear birds chirping away like crazy. At the end of the trail is a huge waterfall that we all played in. The water was freezing. Matix was so excited to play in a waterfall. And he was so super brave, up until his excitement wore off and he realized how absolutely freezing cold the water was. After that he mostly watched with an occasional moment of bravery. We had a blast hiking around and getting wet.
By the time we got back to San Juan it was time to eat. Luckily traffic was way better on a Sunday night so things worked out a lot better and we found prime parking spots in no time. We had a nice formal dinner as a group on our last night of vacation. We played a good game of guess the movie quote, and Matix had some good ones. That kids memory is remarkable. And he loves any chance to join in on our adult conversations. We spent the rest of the evening galavanting through the streets eating ice cream and dreading having to leave en la manana.
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| Matt and Devin used to work for Del Sol in the Virgin Islands. And visited this exact store several years ago. |
The next morning we had a lovely breakfast of pancakes and croissants before saying our final goodbyes to Puerto Rico.
What a wonderful trip we had!!
I can't wait for our next adventure, and Matix is already asking to go back.
For a cuter recap of our trip..visit Anne's blog here.
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