DAY 0 – Arrive in San Juan a day early
DAY 1 – Victory leaves San Juan
DAY 2 – St. Thomas/St. John
DAY 3 – Dominica
DAY 4 – Barbados
DAY 5 – St. Lucia
DAY 6 – St. Kitts
DAY 7 – St. Maarten
DAY 8 – Victory arrives back in San Juan
DAY 9 – Newark New Jersey airport
Day 10 – Finally home
What a trip… again! It is hard to believe it is over. Last year we cruised for the first time and had such a great time, so it was an easy decision to cruise again with friends Dave and Shannon.
The excitement and planning leading up to the cruise was even fun but I will spare you those details.
DAY 0 – Arrive in San Juan a day early
On Saturday March 6th we flew out of Logan airport directly to San Juan. It was an easy flight and you couldn’t have asked for anything more straight forward. Easy on, easy off. I think we were even 20 minutes early. Those people that complain about air travel really have nothing to complain about; or do they?
We arrived in San Juan early afternoon, rented a car from Charlie’s Car Rental. The rates were good, the car was nice, and best of all we could pick up at the airport and drop off near the cruise terminal, where they then shuttle you to the cruise terminal. Nice staff and would rent again from them.
San Juan was rainy but that didn’t stop us from having a good time. We visited El Morro but didn’t have time for San Cristobal. El Morro was incredible and because it was rainy, not many people were out.
And we did see a wedding while wandering around the streets. The wedding party was outside and these two Puerto Rican guys were helping park cars. There was this tourist looking guy in a car behind the commotion and he was getting impatient, so he laid on his horn. And the two Puerto Ricans, without missing a beat, just put big smiles on their faces, with their hands shrugged to the air, and said in a relaxed Puerto Rican accent (in unison) “It’s Puerto Rico!” I am sure I am not doing the comment justice, but we loved it so much that we used it on almost every island thereafter… something went wrong… “It’s Puerto Rico” (even if it wasn’t). I love that attitude. I have always loved Puerto Ricans and never really new why, I now know.
We had a nice dinner in Old San Juan and before we knew it, it was time to head back to our hotel to get some sleep. Finding our hotel was an adventure in itself. We stayed at a Howard Johnson’s in a cardiovascular center. Really. It was as weird as it sounds. The hotel was nice, but finding it was a whole other story. I will try to not reminisce about the bad parts of the trip, so let’s just say, after turning around several times, asking directions several times, we eventually found ourselves snug in our beds. Until 5am when the fire alarm went off. But it stopped. Then went off again. At checkout in the morning the desk guy said not to worry it happens all the time. Helpful to know. Next time…. The Sheraton. Three times the cost would have been worth it.
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