Yesterday I said it hadn’t rained—-well, guess what it was doing when we got up? Actually it turned out to be a nice and cloudy day. It never rained when we were out, just a little here and there.
We left at 9:30 am and headed for Old San Juan. Getting there was not easy because there was a run of some kind blocking street. Our guide, Andrea, got out and sweet-talked the police into letting us pass a closed road to get to our destination. We were dropped at Columbus Square. Spent the morning, wandering around, looking in shops, people watching, sharing a small pizza and meeting the bus at 1 pm. Drove one hour to Hacienda La Esperanza which is a 2200 acre piece of land- part of which is rented out. It details the role of African slaves in the development of the sugar industry when SUGAR was king in Puerto Rico. By 4 pm, we were headed back to San Juan. After a quick change, we gathered for our farewell dinner at a noisy restaurant across the street. Time to say Good-bye to Louis, our bus driver, and Andrea our guide.
Our flight out is at 3 tomorrow afternoon. Will probably blog one more time after I get home. Thanks for traveling with us. Wish we could have shared the very warm temps we experienced. Wish we could have shared some of the delicious food we ate. Wish you could have helped me scrape the gum off the bottom of my sandal. But most of all I wish you could have helped me when a pigeon pooped on my shirt today —shades of Cartagena, Columbia when birds dumped on my hat much to the amusement of some little boys. Good Night.
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