San Juan, One More Time

We worked out that this was the fourth time we were in San Juan in the past 16 months, so there wasn't much to go looking for. Just to get off the ship for a while, we wandered through the old town for an hour or so. We did see, once again, the guide who took us on the foodie walking tour in March of 2023. Given that she must do multiples of these foodie tours each week during cruise ship season, she manages to stay very slim!

Here are a few photos to add to our collection:

On the sail in to San Juan, most people are gaping at the fortress of El Morro. This time I thought I'd look to the other side of the channel to see what was there.

Some of the buildings in Old San Juan are quite lovely, but the streets are too narrow to get a good photo of them.

So far this small chapel, the Capilla del Santo Cristo, has never been open while we were in town. It is apparently quite pretty inside. Someone disturbed all the pigeons in the Parqueta next to the chapel just as I was taking a couple of photos.

There are always flowers blooming somewhere in town, mostly bougainvillea.

It was quite warm, so we were happy to get back to the ship to cool off. I went for a swim while the pool was still free and the deck wasn't too crowded.

Our next stop was Gustavia, St. Barts. We had thought to take the tender to shore and walk around for a bit, but stayed on the ship instead. We have remarked to each other that we are having one of the laziest cruises so far, but the next trip will make up for it as we will be going to a lot of places we have never visited before. I have been working on my needlepoint, having picked up a couple of new Stitch 'n Zip projects, my knitting and even my sketching. To make up for no photos of St. Barts, here is some of my work:

I knit 2 pairs of toddler mittens and a hat as well as finishing
most of this little Stitch 'n Zip case (I did the last bit at home)

The first pages of my watercolour journal for 2024