Yesterday we had to be up at 7am to go to Ponce, a city on the south coast of the island. After listening to our tour guide lecture us for the ENTIRE hour and a half bus ride, we arrived. We were forced to go to an art museum and were lucky enough to take a guided tour. That pretty much solidified the fact that i really, truly hate art museums. I wish we could have gone to the Taino Indian museums or learned more about that instead. On top of the artwork being incredibly boring, the museum was freezing cold. I'm pretty sure i almost lost a few toes. After that, we had lunch at a beautiful restaurant in the middle of the city. I had pork chops wrapped in bacon and some kind of yucca side-- both were delicious. I also treated myself to a cocktail that was only $10!! Haha.. so over priced, but at least i took the glass home as a souvenir, so it wasn't a total waste.
We had some free time to walk around the city, during which i came to the conclusion that Ponce is basically a smaller, shittier Old San Juan. The up side was that there were a few big souvenir shops with things that were way cheaper than in Old San Juan. For example, i got a few shot glasses for about $3, and in Old San Juan I would have had to pay $5 or $6. After doing a little shopping and getting some Gelato (I swear, since ice cream is so expensive down here, i'm having withdrawals!!), we were back on the bus.
We stopped at hot springs on the way home. I'm pretty sure everyone, including myself, thought they were going to be natural and in some secluded, wooded area but we couldn't have been more wrong. The place had two small pools. One was realllly hot.. about 115 degrees and the other was cooler, but still hot enough to be relaxing. I only lasted about five minutes in the really hot one, but was able to hang out in the other one for about a half an hour before we were loaded back on the bus.
As most people know, this was Halloween weekend, but i just couldnt bring myself to celebrate what is usually one of my favorite times of the year. First of all, it doesn't even feel like Halloween because it's so hot and muggy and the palm trees have yet to change colors (small joke). We went to a social at the UPR school of nursing, but it was super awkward.. there were about ten kids in small room. We didn't socialize with the other students and couldn't wait to leave. They did have a chocolate fountain, but even that was a fail. I was going to go out after that, but i was really tired and knew I'd have to be up early the next day for Ponce. The people who did go out said that nobody dressed up for Halloween! I thought Puerto Ricans celebrated everything! I have yet to see this be true. Oh well... I'll always have next year.
I keep hearing about Sandy and i hope everyone is prepared and stays safe! Paul is supposed to be flying down here Thursday morning, so i'm hoping and praying that everything will be cleared up by then. Hopefully you guys won't get another Irene or October snow storm. While you're all suffering without power, I'll be relaxing at the rooftop pool :) haha sorry, i couldn't resist.
Anyways, stay safe and I miss you all!! xoxo
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