Saturday, May 17, 2008

Puerto Rico - Day 4: May 1st

Five miles. We walked almost five miles in all today. We walked EVERYWHERE around Old San Juan. We started out taking a tour of Fort San Felipe Del Morro. What seemed like 1,000 stairs later we walked across the huge lawn and over to the Santa Maria Magdalena De Pazzis Cemetery. From there we took a walk to the Fort San Cristobal, across town to the bus depot, and back up the hill towards our hotel making sure to stop at the birthplace of the Pina Colada, Barrachina Restaurant. I found out about this place while watching the Puerto Rico episode of Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations. He was right in everything he said. Although the Pina Coladas we got were good, the way they make them now is sad. They basically have three slurpee machines at the bar with Pina Colada mix inside them. They take a glass, add some rum, then add the Pina Colada slushy. It's all pre-made. I made sure to sit in the same seat he did when he was there, and take a picture.

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