First full day in Puerto Rico

Kris and I arrived yesterday tired but very pleased to be back traveling together. It has been a long journey but it has reminded us both just how much we have been blessed. Flying into Puerto Rico was impressive in of itself! I would have never thought the area would have been so civilized. I guess it is a mixed blessing. Out hotel and room is very nice and with hot water! I can look out of my bed room window and see the ocean and without twisting too far to the left or right I can count 16 hotels! The island has something going on all of the time







We took a short drive today since my back is still rather sore from sitting so long on the plane and waiting a while for a rental car. All the road signs and most of the business signs are in Spanish. Kris and I have thought about learning to speak Spanish, I guess we better start soon, real soon! As a matter of fact it looks like I need to learn the metric system too since all the mile markers are in kilometers, and to think the people in the Sates think this is a third world country. More people hear can speak 2 languages and know the metric system and most the people I know have a hard time speaking the English language and surely don't know the metric system! It truly amazes me how us Americas are so quickly to stick our all mighty noses up at something we know very little about! I would love for some of them to come over here and see just how superior they are NOT!

There is an Outback restaurant here at the hotel. Since it is turkey day all the outside restaurants are closed ,however, the hotel provided a nice Thanksgiving dinner for $24.95 per person. The hotel serves a free breakfast buffet so that should help us save some on the cost of food. When we went to the grocery today we had to be mindful of what we bought since we have only a very small microwave and small refrigerator in the room. We came out around $155.00 which in the States would have been little more than half the cost. We are going to try to stay under $30 for two per meal. I believe we will be eating sandwiches (yuck, I hate sandwiches) we prepare for lunch and eat out for dinner.

Kris and I did stop by a roadside stand where the locals were cooking up (road kill) tacos and something wrapped up in a banana and fried! it was ok but hmmm don't think I will eat that again. Three Tacos cost us $8.00! It is interesting to try the local foods. I just know my body cannot take too many different kinds of foods. It will make me hate life later:)

It is a nice 85 degrees here so that in of itself is one good reason to be here! Kris will be taking me up into the rain forest (the only rain forest in the U.S.) tomorrow to the site he will be working at. From tip to tip of the island it is about 4 hour drive to give you some idea how large the island is. Oh, I almost forgot, when we were at the grocery we saw a SUV go by with I love NC on the back. I ran up to it and asked where in NC, they said Raleigh! I said my son lives in Holly Springs! They were surprised to here that and it is true about the old saying " tis a small world"!