Most students around here don't have classes on Fridays, so a group of us got together and decided to go to the beach. We took the metro there (photo below) and then took a bus. I love public transportation! I am only 75 cents away from most places in the San Juan metropolitan area!
When we got off the bus it was pouring rain. We walked in this rain for about 10 minutes and then got to the beach. We set up the umbrellas with some brick structure and created a little dry fortress for our belongings. The wonderful part about the rain was that it scared everyone off. We went to one of the most popular beaches in the area.... and there was NO ONE there.... and within 15 minutes, it stopped raining... and a little while after that the sun came out. The waves were PERFECT for body surfing. I think I spent about 3 hours in the ocean playing on the waves. Afterwards, when I was standing still I could feel the waves moving still.... like inside of me was swaying.
The next day was beautiful! But, some of us were too tired to go to the ocean again, so we opted for going to Old San Juan. We started off by taking a walk around the edge of the island.
And then we get to this lovely street:
--- which in the plaza just around the corner, we found a geocache!! :) The log was all full, but I tore out a sheet of my notebook paper and stuck it in there with our names!
Just around the corner from this was a beautiful cathedral. We walked around a little.... none of us are Catholic so we were sort of confused about some things... but it was a learning experience. My favorite parts were the ceilings and the candles.
By this point it was about 2pm and we decided we needed to hit the fortress before it closed (at 5!) So we hiked up the streets and walked down the loooong sidewalk to "El Morro."
The view here is just so lovely... I wish I could post more pictures, but the internet is beyond slow here. I am talking about 10 minutes per picture to load on my blog. If it weren't for the fact that they cancelled school AGAIN tomorrow, I probably wouldn't be sitting here so long.... :/ Hopefully later on the internet will be faster....
And then we bought slushies.
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