After a long day and a half of travel we finally made it to Jan Juan. Nothing really earth shattering happened on our way and San Juan is as nice as we remember from the last time. The hotel is right downtown old town and the cruise ships literally dock at the front door of the hotel, and yesterday there were four in port, with thousands of fun seekers.

Last night for dinner we had a PR dish that we have heard of and were  kind of intrigued by, called Mofongo. It consists of deep fried plantains and garlic lots and lots of garlic beat together with spices and a protein like the shrimp we had. At first I thought oh OK it is tasty but nothing to write home about, but it really grows on ya and by the time we had finished eating, it was terrific. A single Mofongo and an appetizer and we were more than full with lots left over. San Juan historic sites, Castillo San Cristobal sits on the hill overlooking the harbor and we could see our hotel and the cruise ship dock to one side and the atlantic looking towards Europe, 4000 miles away to the north.  The spanish began fort building here in the 1590's.  The last additions to Fort San Cristobel were in the 1940's as the americans watched for ships of the German Navy.  Internal tunnels, dungeons, chapel, hospital, troop quarters, fields, wells and moats.  A fort is really a little town, and with walls in excess of 10 feet thick, built to withstand attacks and be self sufficient for a considerable time.El Morro is in the distance with its lighthouse

  Enough of education though, the local beer "medella" (ma-day-a) is calling and we are relaxing in the sun at last.