Lovely visit to San Juan, Puerto Rico to discover the historic Old San Juan for a few days, before embarking on a cruise to five islands in the Eastern Caribbean. March, 2010.
Sunrise at LAX before intermediate flight to Texas, and then to Puerto Rico
View from our hotel in San Juan -- lagoon in the distance
Flags of USA and Puerto Rico
It's easy to feel this way!
Colorful buildings in Old San Juan
Woman looking down from restaurant's balcony
Arturo Ortela, nationally-known musician who established the Philharmonic Orchestra
Sign for downtown free trolley
Statue to Columbus
Bench honoring Columbus' first arrival in New World (1492)
Art Theater Alejandro
Castillo San Felipe del Morro
El Morro Lighthouse
El Morro Cemetery
Cemetery Chapel
Colorful architecture in Old San Juan
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Scenes of restaurant — formerly a nuns' convent
Another view from same restaurant
Entrance to the "Convent" restaurant
Cathedral of St. John the Baptist
Lovely small park
Bull banner displayed in balcony
Old Chapel
Señor Frog's restaurant!
Religious items from native culture
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Details of old wall
Memorial to the liberation from the British
"Faces" of Puerto Rico —family and many pigeons!
"Faces" of Puerto Rico — elderly man!
Last view of San Juan before sailing to the islands of the Eastern Caribbean