May 23 San Juan, Puerto Rico

I woke at 5:30am and we were just pulling up to the dock. Our room service coffee arrived at 6:30 and we sat on the balcony and watched all the activity until the noise drove us inside (not relaxing like other mornings). We went up to the buffet for our final meal on board and then back to the cabin to get our stuff. We originally had tag #1 for our luggage but since we were in no hurry to get off and we knew some people had early flights we switched tag #'s – big mistake. There was a computer problem and it took an hour to go from tag 15 to 17 so we sat up by the back pool (and the ice cream machine) and waited and waited... Finally at 11:25am we were off the ship.
We grabbed a cab to our hotel. It was too early to check in so the hotel stored our luggage and gave us a pager (which only worked on their property) to let us know when we could get into our room. We went out to look at the pool and the beach. Just as we were going to walk on the beach there was a huge clap of thunder. We looked at the sky and saw a very dark cloud moving our way and I knew it was going to rain any second. We made it inside just as the rain started. So we sat in the lobby and waited and waited... Finally around 1:30pm our pager went off and we got our keys and went to our room. What a pretty room!! And the bed is soooo comfy.
The rain had let up so we went out for a walk. The street in front of our hotel was having a street fair so we walked around. Stopped for lunch; Puerto Rican sampler plate, empanadas and bread – yummy and a beer. We walked down to the rich area with Cartier, Gucci, and similar stores and then down to the beach. Then back to the fair which was great (and very busy).
Early days make for early nights.

Tomorrow Home!!