Beautiful San Juan!

GC was up and off to the gym while I tried, unsuccessfully, to languish in bed! The hotel is quite unique, a beautiful old convent now a thriving hotel with a bar and restaurant right in the middle of old town. Dark timber furnishings, brocade curtains.....all the features you would expect from this Spanish style abode.

After breakfast we are off with C & J to explore the fort. There is a free trolley car that does the circuit around the township but by the time we have walked to the square it is raining heavily so we opt for a cab ($20). The fort is amazing and well worth the visit and the views of San Juan from this vantage point are spectacular! The rain has now stopped so we walk back to the hotel....which is only a 10 minute easy walk, admiring the architecture as we go. All the buildings are painted in an array of pastel colours and really add to the charm of this city. Back at the square it's time for coffee and muffins and while the men discuss the issues of high finance (!) J and I had to Puerto Rico Drug for supplies - I'm talking toothpaste and deodorant - a quick detour into Marshall's, followed by R Lauren.....I'm finding it difficult to drag myself away from all the brightly coloured wares that beckon to me as we pass by each shop front ..... but I know our time is running out and we have to head out to the airport. GC and C are having a beer at the bar across from the hotel, which apparently is really nice, but it's time to leave and after bidding farewell to our new friends we are on the move again to the airport.... about a 15 minute drive which costs $24....clearly our city driver 'ripped us off'!

Not a spare seat on our AA flight back to NYC on a 757. We are about 30 minutes late arriving and a number of people applaud on touch down..... we are way down the back and I don't want to know what they may know....at least we are on 'terra firma'.

Cab ride from JFK is a standard $45 plus tip and we collect our suitcases from Hotel Elysees before checking into the Library Hotel. We are in the "Dinosaur" room on the 5th Floor....it's great, every room has a different theme in keeping with the Library character.

We've cut through the locks on our suitcases (GC lost the keys) now we are off to try out the hotel's restaurant, 'Madison and Vine'. x