Puerto Rico: Being There

The beach house we stayed at was very big, and very nice. Even though there were 10 of us staying there (three couples and four kids of which Ben was the oldest), we were not cramped. The bedrooms were large, and there was a lot of living space to spread out in, and a very big kitchen (Oh I miss that kitchen...) My favorite part of the house was the verandah off the kitchen/living area.

Ben's favorite part was the bidet in our bathroom. About five minutes after we arrived at the house, he walked into the bathroom, walked up to the bidet, leaned over it, asked "What's this?" and pulled the handle. He was squirted fully in the face by not a small amount of water. From this moment on, Ben was enthralled... he spent quite a lot of time during the week forcing himself to go "number two" even though he didn't really have to, so he could use the bidet. Incidentally, Joel's favorite part of the house was also the bidet.

The beach was a short walk away, and we confirmed what we learned in Ocean Isle: Rebecca hates the beach. After the first trip to the beach, I had to leave her at the house with Joel and take Ben to the beach by himself. The house had a pool though, which both kids enjoyed.

We spent the first couple of days relaxing at the beach and the pool, and then took a couple of trips to the zoo, and to a lighthouse, and sampled some of the local cuisine. By now you're probably wondering, where are the pictures?? Since of course, a picture paints a thousand words. But alas, my camera seems to have broken. It was totally on the fritz during our trip and sometimes worked and sometimes didn't. Today when I tried to download the pictures to my computer, I got "communication error." So, there might be a new camera in my future... but sadly for the moment, I have no Puerto Rico pictures!! You'll have to imagine the pictures I took of the beach, pool, fat iguanas wondering around, the lighthouse, Rebecca covered in ice cream being chased by a peacock at the zoo... *sigh*...

I learned a few things about Puerto Rico on our trip:

1. it is very hot;
2. it is very humid;
3. there is a torrential downpour every afternoon at precisely 1pm;
4. it has a lot of bugs;
5. it has adorable lizards, and the most awesomest frogs that make the most awesomest noise at night;
6. it has a lot of delicious food, like mofongo (mashed plantains) and all sorts of other things most of which is fried (fried = delicious);
7. the sun rises early, which is a problem when none of the windows have curtains (read: Ben appearing in your room fully dressed down to his sneakers at 6:04 a.m).
8. It is very humid... oh did I say that already?

Read on for the final installment of my three part series on Puerto Rico...