Day 5 – chillin parte dos
Va a Old San Juan y Fae & Beth y los ninos - oh, sorry. Starting to think in spanish, sort of. Okay, so I'm not really, but I'm at least giving it a shot.
I think that the biggest bonus of this week had been just spending time with my wife, my kids, and our best friends. Alex and I & Beth and Fae are very close, but tho Alex and I do work in the same office, we never get to spend quality time just hanging out. This week has remedied a lot of that lack 
. My shoulders are nice and loose, I'm not stressing about anything. I've gotten plenty of rest, and I just feel closer to mi familia.
So, we woke up and got moving for Day 5(thurs) and met Beth and Hannah downstairs. There was a place in Old San Juan that she had found a few years ago and wanted to get some stuff from, but we weren't sure where to go. So we drove down and left David and Alex to have a day to themselves. Drove around in the northern section of Old San Juan and managed to find it, so I dropped them off and parked in the garage on the south side of town, down near the cruise ships. I have to say, I've gotten very good at finding my way around that town now:)
So they found the really nice store and shopped for a bit, found some really nice presents for the kids teachers and something for Alex's sister and our friend Amy. Decided to walk around some, and of course, got another cup of the best coffee on earth in the square, and found a really neat little shop right off the square. It's called the Poet's Passage and the woman who owns it is very cool indeed - Lady Lee Andrews. She's got a lot of cool poems and knickknacks there. If you're looking for stuff to bring home for friends, this is the place to go. She was really cool and was painting on the front window and had Gillian hold the book for her so she could paint the window outside. The kids were sitting watching for a while, and Hannah took her journal out and sketched what Lady Lee was painting (and sketching well I might add). If you ever get to Old San Juan, I recommend this place - it's right on Calle Cruz (#203).
So we were trying to figure out if we wanted to go to the main fort when all of us got hungry. Our friend Jason had recommended a place on Calle del Sol called El Jibarito. We went in and checked out the menu, but decided we weren't that hungry so we went to find something else. Walked around for a bit and ended up finding another place that had GREAT food - St. Germain - on the corner of Calle del Sol and Calle Cruz. Aidan is still talking about the pizza made on Pita bread Gillian had a fruit salad about the size of her head. Fae and I split two sandwiches: pita with hummus and tomatoes and pesto chicken; and green apples, avocado, and brie cheese. Not sure which sandwich was better Gotta love when that happens.
So we went up to the fort for a bit, well, they did - I had to go get the car Met them at the fort, went back to the square for more coffee of course, and back to the hotel. We played bingo by the pool and David ended up winning 20$. The Paleys had a Paley night out, so we had leftovers, played some pingpong and made an early night of it.
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