Old San Juan
Hundreds of years of history and gorgeous bright Caribbean colors and buildings.

The first pictures I saw of San Juan, Puerto Rico were of the downtown historic district. I was so excited to see that this part of Puerto Rico culture was maintained and exceeded my expectations. We had a really great day exploring this city and all that it had to offer. Great restaurants, great shopping, history and beautiful buildings. Who could ask for more?

Which color would your house be?

Don't remember what this building is....but I liked it!

The old Cathedral

A cool door.

I love these balconies and the flower pots.

Fort Del Morro -- it dates back to 1500's! The green lawn is protected as part of the historic site.

Close-up Fort Wall.

Wall along the ocean.

I love this view of the beach and the city.

Another cool door.

The happy couple in OSJ.

This post should be called: We love to eat good food.
Is it weird to have an entire post dedicated to food?? It was one of our favorite things about Puerto Rico...

Most of these Caribbean towns quiet down at night, and so does this one for the most part, but luckily our phones worked in PR so we were able to look up great restaurants to go to. The best part is that most of them were serious dives. Like smaller than dives. But each was equally amazing.

The first place we found was Bebos BBQ. We actually drove by it on the freeway by the car rental place and I made Ryan drive back and take me there for our first meal. I could tell Ryan was totally skeptical, but I could tell just by the looks of the place (and the lines of locals) that this was a HOT spot. Boy was I right!! (We actually came back here on our last day on the way to the airport because the food was that good).

This place was AWESOME.

Pollo y aroz con habichuelas. Delicious.

This next place we ate at was SO Romantic! It was a quaint little place, open air, with a guy playing his guitar and serenading us. It was just perfect. Oh, and the food was amazing. 

Did I mention we had a friend come dine with us??

We listened to the coqui frogs sing to us all night. it was beautiful.

Breakfast was consumed daily at Isamar Bakery.

Breakfast sandwich with fresh bread. yummy.

  One of our favorite restaurants was this tiny little place: Pasta y Pueblo.  As you can see, it only holds about 4 tables, and when we arrived, there was one empty. However, it was reserved. So we walked away and were asked to come back in an hour. We started walking towards the beach and as soon as I said "it feels like rain" it was POURING. We headed to the car, and at the same time, the waitress ran after us and offered us a table (the people were leaving). We sat outside under a little roof while we waited and laughed about how wet we were! The food was amazing and worth the rain & the wait. The owner/chef is a former surfer and his food is AMAZING. Even the guava cheesecake....

Seriously, this is where we had our favorite meal in Puerto Rico. Looks can be deceiving.

Post Rain.See how wet my hair got?!

Shrimp with coconut rice.

The best mahi mahi we have ever tasted.

The coolest tiniest little restaurant. Yes, that's a big open window behind us!

So maybe for the Super Bowl we had pizza...but it was at a Kisosk so that makes it authentic, right?? :)

Another Favorite place was a BBQ restaurant close the Secen Seas beach. This was actually the most restaurant-like place we went to! :) The ribs were AMAZING if any of you were wondering ...

I love eating outside.

Pina Colada? YES PLEASE!

Beach Days.
Everyone needs a good beach day, so why not two? Or three or four?





We found some amazing beaches in Puerto Rico. The Wyndham Resort sits on 500 acres of gorgeous beach property. It was great because lounge chairs and umbrellas abound, so we easily found ourselves relaxing on the beach our first afternoon in Puerto Rico. Perfection. 

Sunday afternoon we spent some time connecting with our inner-selves on the beach at the Wyndham resort as well. We also realized we are not the only ones who enjoy basking in the sun. :)

One of our days we dedicated to a beach day. We tried to build in some adventure to this day too so we packed our snorkel gear, and took off in search of the "secret pathway" to a more secluded beach. It was quite the adventure. We followed the shoreline around the rocky edges, that wrapped around the bay. Sure enough after a 15-minute walk, we found the path. The path took us through a grove of trees with the Coqui frogs singing and birds and monkeys playing in the distance. It was awesome. 

 

My attempt to catch the butterfly in a photo-- sorry its a little blurry!

The mangrove tree forest we walked through to get to the other side.

Secluded beach :)

That's the rainforest off in the distance.

I love the beach, and especially secluded beaches with a little adventure involved in the Caribbean!! Perfect way to get some R & R and play time in the water with my honey.