(August 11th)
Because of our beach failure yesterday we decided to go to a different beach today. We had heard lots of good things about one called “Condado.” BUT! We agree that it is not as nice as “El escabron.” At the other one there were palm trees for shade, etc and at this one… NOTHING. Also, this one had hotels all around it…. And it was a lot busier. But--- the waves were bigger at this one. (Which is probably why the water wasn’t as see through….) but anyway. Been there, done that. Probably won’t go back. We will be searching for another beach soon…. J
the start of the swimming area. this is where we camped our towels.
this part was very pretty!! (below!) right next to us...... love it!
Afterwards we grabbed a bite at a restaurant across the street. It was surprisingly cheap… I thought we would only find high end restaurants. … seeing as how it was next door to Gucci… and many other high end stores that I don’t know how to spell. But it makes sense…. You would need somewhere cheap after spending all your money at those other stores… hehe.
In the evening we went to a street festival… some culinary festival they have every 6 months. Many of the restaurants open up and put stands outside and sell smaller portions for less. These restaurants are usually around 15-25 dollars a plate and in the festival they "lower" the price to around 5 or 7 dollars. So it was sort of a good “deal”-- but not really. I chose to have flautas for dinner. Yes. I chose Mexican food in a Puerto Rican festival. But I have officially been here for more than a week and eaten maaaany Puerto Rican things… so there. Haha, I really was craving Mexicana food!
It was also fun because every street/ plaza had different live music- mostly Salsa. (This was my FAVORITE PART--- all the music in the street!!!) One band played a lot of American music…. Which we thought was weird. But regardless, it was a fun night with lots of food and music. The only tough part was that when I wanted to go to bed, the party wasn’t over. It took me FOREVER to fall asleep last night…. Loud salsa band playing right outside our balcony. But… regardless It was a fun night! Tomorrow night it continues, and it is our last night here. So, we'll see what it brings!
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