8.28.11
We were abruptly woken up in the morning by room staff stating we had to be out of our room by 9:00am. The time? 8:45am. Luckily, we had packed everything the night before and were able to quickly throw on our clothes and rush out the door....... to wait. We missed the breakfast option in the dining room but the Lido Deck (food court) was still serving. I wasn't feeling well when we woke up and hoped food would solve that. We ate breakfast and I began to feel worse. While waiting for them to call our number to leave, I fell asleep at the table. I have an absolutely wonderful husband. When they called our number, I had a blinding, throbbing headache and felt like breakfast was about to make a special appearance. Stewart let me hold on to him for support while we debarked and then dragged both of our suitcases uphill to our hotel. Thank goodness for rolling luggage. We decided to stay in the same hotel as last time because we really enjoyed it. Our initial plan had been to get to the hotel and drop off our luggage at the check in desk since our room wouldn't be ready and then head out to explore the city. That changed. We got to the hotel and Stewart carried both of our suitcases up the stairs while I slowly made my way up. I was feeling even worse than before. I sat on a sofa in the lobby while Stewart asked if our room was ready. It wasn't. Stewart explained that I was not feeling well and needed to lay down. They stated that we could change rooms to one that would be ready in thirty minutes. That was fine with me. Stewart came over to the sofa where I promptly fell asleep on him.
We got up to the room and I laid down and fell asleep almost immediately while Stewart read some more of our book. After sleeping for about two hours, I woke up to Stewart saying he was going to go to the fort and explore for a little bit, and he'd be back. At first I said okay and asked him to take the camera but as I lay there while he got ready, I began to feel a lot better. My headache was no longer blinding. I told him that I was going to head out with him and put on his hat to help shield me from the sun. We walked over to the fort and as we made our way up to the gates, I began to realize that I wasn't in fact feeling any better. I really wanted to see the fort so we headed on in and looked around the rooms. I think Stewart caught on because at one point he told me to sit and wait on a bench while he ran up to the next level and looked around. Ok, that was fine with me. Not ten minutes later, I hear someone's feet come running down the tunnel. That would be my husband. I felt horrible that he felt the need to rush because I wasn't feeling well! We stayed at the fort for a little while later and then decided to leave. On our way back to the hotel, we stopped at a frozen yogurt place for a cool treat. We got back to the hotel and I proceeded to fall asleep immediately again.
We woke up for dinner and my first question to Stewart was why is it so hot? Turns out that during my nap, the AC went out. Stewart headed down to the front desk while I got ready to 1) tell them about the broken AC and 2) ask them if there's a good Indian restaurant in the area (because everyone who goes to San Juan wants to eat Indian food!). The guy said he would try to fix the AC but if he couldn't, he would move us and also told us that there weren't any Indian restaurants in the area. Unfortunately, I still wasn't feeling well and none of the restaurants we walked by looked appealing to me. We settled on a restaurant with outdoor seating and the promise of a *free* pina colada with any meal. We stared at the sign looking for fine print but all it said was if you ordered any entree, you got a free pina colada. Ok. We sat down and perused the menu. I settled on grouper with lemon sauce and a side of beans and Stewart had mofango stuffed chicken breast. Stewart verified that pina coladas came with the meal and the waiter confirmed so we ordered mine sans alcohol and Stewart got the regular one. My taste was off and Stewart ended up eating the main portions of both of our dinners while I settled on the beans with rice and a salad. We got our check and were surprised to see the drinks on there. Stewart spoke with the waiter who scratched off my drink and then muttered something about alcohol. Then the waiter bargained our dinner price so we agreed and left. Back at the hotel the AC was still out so we switched rooms and proceeded to pass out.
8.29.11
We got up and headed to a little diner for breakfast. This one was very different from the cafe where we had breakfast previously. There weren't that many translations on the menu. Stewart ordered an omelet with fries which he interpreted as hash browns but were, in fact, french fries. I had something that was similar to sweet toast/grilled cheese sandwich. It was actually pretty good. From there we headed to the airport to begin our journey home. The Puerto Rico airport was small and we were able to get through security quickly. Stewart spoke with the people at the gate and had our seats moved to the exit row so that we would have more leg room. At the Dallas/Fort Worth airport, we grabbed lunch at a BBQ place that was pretty tasty. Then we boarded the ridiculously small propeller plane headed for home. The ride was very bumpy in my opinion and I clung to Stewart for dear life the entire time. I was very glad to land.
We had such a great time on our honeymoon, and were glad to learn that our travel interests are similar. We travel quite well together which is a really good thing considering what our lives are going to be like for the next few years!
We can't wait to see where our next trip takes us!
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