El Morro and Flying Kites!

On Sunday, we finally made it out to Old San Juan. There are eleven of us at my moms house, so it takes for ever to get ready and out of the house, especially with four small children. It was a beautiful day and very windy there in El Morro. El morro is a fortress, it goes back to 1519 and the Puerto Ricans used it to protect the island from seaborne enemies.

We drove around for ever and were stuck in traffic for a long time trying to find parking. It was so funny because there is a small town by the ocean that is the worst in Puerto Rico, it has the most drug trafficing in the island and as we were driving around, shaughn says " I wonder if any tourist accidently end up it the town?" Well, after driving and driving around we ended up going under a tunnel and finding parking in la Perla. We figured it was ok as long as we parked and got out of there as fast as we could, so we start walking up this hill and at the top some guy in a car asks Shaughn " Where are you going?" "Turn around and go back, this is were the drug dealer are." And that's how a tourist accidently stumbles in La Perla.

The first thing we did was get Piraguas, snow cones with yummy syrup. We sat under a tree and the shade was great, the piraguas were great! After that we walked over to the middle of the open field and started flying kites. There were tons of people flying kites, the wind was very strong. The kids flew the kites for about a minute and then Edgar, Vicky, and me ended up flying them. Vicky managed to get hers tangled with Edgar's.

We lounged around on the grass taking pictures and watching the kids run around it was great. We then walked over to the Big wall over looking the ocean and took in the view and took some pictures before heading back. Shaughn and my dad ended up going to get the cars and we waited at the top of the hill. It really was a great day.

We went to dinner to bonanza, a buffet. I had so much to eat! They had rice, beans, tostones, platanos maduros, patita de cerdo (pig's feet). Isabelle had sancocho, a stew with lots of root vegetables, she loved it. Kaitlyn had some white rice and chicken nuggets and fries.