The Blog Lives, Live From San Juan, Puerto Rico

I'm calling this the trip of eight islands and a continent.  On island two today, flew from Denver here yesterday on Jet Blue, via JFK (Long Island- hey, if it's wheels down I count it).  Staying at a real find, the Pop Art Hotel(!) in Old San Juan.  It's a great little place, a block from the plaza, a block from the bars filled with locals, restaurants all around, $80 per night, a super quiet room, a living room-like common area w/ wifi, and breakfast.  Love it!  There's a fun family group staying here from the unlikely combination of York, Pa and Medellin, Columbia. They're a hoot, we hung out till midnight last night with beers and pizza.  They are joining 60 of their closest friends on the Carnival Valor Sunday night.  I'm down here to join a ship as well (surprise surprise), Royal Caribbean's Adventure of the Seas, also Sunday night.  Off on a 14 night transatlantic, 4 islas down here, then across the pond to Southampton, UK (an island) with a stop in the Azores.  I have to brag re the cost of it, $636 for an inside cabin, solo occupancy.  Best deal ever!   Then it's on to London, Paris and Budapest, all by train.

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