Last week, I took off and left Tony and Matthew to fend for themselves. Ran down to meet my sister Sandi in Puerto Rico. It was a mommy get away weekend. It was really nice. I had a flight first thing on Friday morning and arrived into San Juan at about 1:00 p.m. My sister landed shortly afterwards and we took off to the hotel. We checked in and were ready to go.
Problem was that the areas we wanted to see closed down by 6:00 p.m. Oh well. We decided to hold off on the sight-seeing and wander around the hotel and walk on the beach. Decided to visit the spa before we headed to dinner at Il Mulino. We had a great dinner followed by some jet fuel grappa. We loved the dinner, didn't like the grappa too much. After dinner, we wandered over to the casino where we plunked down some cash and my sister was the winner of a whopping $.30! Whoo Hoo! Who said that we didn't know how to live life on the edge? We're really big spenders. Didn't you know that?
Following morning, after breakfast, we decided to take the bus down to the piers to catch the ferry to Catano Island where the Bacardi distillery is located. We joined the tour and learned all about the history of Bacardi. The origins of the logo and the different types of rums available. We even had some mojitos (really good mojitos) and then took the ferry back to the San Juan side of the island. The skies opened up while we were waiting for the ferry and we were caught in the torrential downpour without umbrellas. Not like us. We normally would have umbrellas but we left it the hotel. A lot of good that did us. 
We made it to a trolley that happened to be passing when we got off the ferry and took refuge until the rain stopped. We were able to take in some sights and decided to walk down to the plaza where there were vendors. As if it didn't rain enough, the skies opened up again. We were soaked to the bone but were laughing our butts off! We found a local cafe and had some great Puerto Rican cuisine for lunch while waiting for the rain to let up. The rains finally stopped and it allowed us to do some quick shopping for the kids. We found it odd that the stores closed at 6:00 p.m. the latest. We ran through the streets quickly before the vendors would slide their gates down for the night. Just in time for us to look for dinner. Headed over to another restaurant and sampled some more Puerto Rican cuisine. We did nothing this whole trip but eat. One of our favorite pastimes. Sunday, final morning in Puerto Rico before we had to head back to our respective families. We had breakfast and just spent the morning lounging. I was reading the newspaper on the veranda and was busy giving blood to the mosquitos of the island. I didn't need to buy any souvenirs since I got all my mosquito bites for free. It was a carefree weekend spent with my kid sister. It was fun, we laughed a lot and we'll see each again soon. This time, families will be involved. We can't leave them behind again.
