I started our last day in Puerto Rico by writing postcards in a Dunkin Donuts/Baskin Robbins. (It was 8am, so I had doughnuts and coffee rather than ice cream!) I had missed a couple of names on my list, so I wrote those cards and added stamps. I went back to the hotel and woke up A, then watched a cheesy show called “Beyond Belief” on the Sci-Fi channel while she got ready.

We had to check out before noon, so we did so and left our bags in a storage spot in the hotel. We caught the bus to Old San Juan and did some last minute shopping - I even scored a nice Italian charm with the Puerto Rican flag for $4! We went in a jewelry store and I almost got a “Caribbean topaz” necklace for $70 but backed out because the stone wasn’t quite right.

We were afraid we’d have to wait as long as 25 minutes for the bus back to Condado, but we lucked out and caught it just as it was leaving. We collected our bags and took a taxi to the airport, where we had to wait in line to check our luggage. Our main meal of the day was none too healthy - crap from The Taco Maker! For the first half of our flight I was bothered by two girls in the row behind us, who were watching a movie on a personal DVD player - without headphones. The flight attendant finally got them to turn it down, and we landed in Fort Lauderdale without incident. We didn’t get to leave the plane and walk around, but we did spread out a bit for a few minutes. The rest of the trip was fine; early in the flight to Washington A and I played Scrabble on my Palm Pilot, but after a while I got antsy and we didn’t finish the game. After landing, we caught the metro and took a cab, arriving home right around midnight.