Day 126

San Juan, Puerto Rico

Abs class and gym. Lunch and team trivia.

We really did well at trivia as Thomas backed off from finding the most obscure facts. What is the green substance invented in 1926 to keep a car’s cooling system from freezing? (Antifreeze) Which company had the slogan “Don’t be Evil” but changed it to “Do the Right Thing”? (Google) Name of the book that was about “Big Brother” (1984) Which musical group was the first to record “Proud Mary” (CCR) Which MLB was referred to as the Great Bambino? (Babe Ruth) Which city would you find the Spanish Steps? (Rome)

We arrived in Puerto Rico at 2 pm and it took one hour for us to be cleared to go ashore. Since we are in the USA, everyone must get off of the ship and no one can get back on until the ship reaches a 0 count.

We needed some packing tape and zip lock bags to finish packing so we stopped at Walgreen first.

We proceeded to go to the Don Collin’s cigar shop where we went last time we were here. We sampled some rum and had a cigar. We chatted with a young marine. 23 years old from Long Island. After we talked to him we felt so much better about the future of our country. The marines are one branch of the military that the leaders haven’t messed with. Uh-Rah!

Matt has been a marine for 4 years and has travelled to many places in the world that many his age have not. He assured us that there are many people his age who feel the same way we do about government and political environment. They are just quiet and we hear only the loud ones.

We spent about 90 minutes here, bought some goods and then went to find a restaurant.

We enjoyed some great food at Princesa Restaurant and walked back to the ship. All aboard was 10:30 but we were beat.

Friday is the last day of our cruise and we arrive early Saturday morning. We will have an early breakfast and we are scheduled to debark at 7:45 am and board the airport shuttle at 8:15. All of our bags will be in color coded section of the port. We will find our bags, carry 4 to luggage forward and will each have a carry on, a backpack and the golf clubs for the flight.

If you enjoyed following along. Great. I enjoy looking back on our trip but I’m not sure how I would feel following someone else. These longer cruises are so different from the standard Caribbean Cruise that we probably all have been on. There is no rush to visit all 18 bars on board or to party until the sun rises.

We will be back to blogging on our trip around Iceland in the summer of 2025.