San Juan Puerto Rico
Last week we spent four warm and sunny days in Puerto Rico! It was while planning this trip that I realized how large Puerto Rico really was, we only explored a teeny tiny portion. We are already talking about making a second trip. On our first day we arrived in the early afternoon and were happy to hear that our room was already ready. We changed and headed down for lunch at the hotel restaurant. When visiting somewhere new I like to try the local cuisine. It was hard in PR. We do not eat pork and not a fan of seafood so it limited our choices a bit. What we did eat alcapurrias - green plantain dough stuffed with meat tostones - deep fried plantains We spent the rest of the day lounging by the beach and pool. We had dinner at a local Mexican place, Lupis. They had the most melt in your mouth steak. The next morning we headed out to explore historic San Juan. San Juan was founded in 1521 by the Spanish, is one of the oldest cities in the New World and a major histo...