travel
Playing in St. Maarten
I’m writing this in Notepad, because I’m not planning to get online tonight – it’s almost 11pm already. Our excursion tomorrow isn’t until 11:15am so I will probably just bring my laptop to breakfast so I can upload this entry and check my e-mail – I didn’t do that today either. Today we did the … Continue reading
Traipsing Around Old San Juan
This morning I had to do that test for linguistics, but I couldn’t get the wireless working at all. I eventually gave up and used one of the computers in the lobby – thank goodness there was one available. I discovered that once you logged in, you couldn’t stop the test, or you would be … Continue reading
Relaxing Day
We had a pretty relaxing day today. We started it in the hotel swimming pool, which was cold; I counted to 5 and got in but :A: didn’t at first. (I can’t ever do anything on the count of 3, but I always do stuff on the count of 5.) I splashed around for a … Continue reading
Arecibo
We started today by asking at the front desk for a rental car. The person there called and a van came to pick us up. When we got there, we learned that we would need to have a letter from the insurance agency saying we were covered to drive in Puerto Rico. We couldn’t find … Continue reading
Hooray for Hollywood
I am backdating this slightly because I have had connectivity issues and browser issues, and if they hadn’t happened I would have posted before midnight. Also, I am a little fuzzy because I am finishing off the last of the Drunken Egg Cream. It’s a drink of my wife’s creation – chocolate vodka, chocolate milk, … Continue reading
Universal Studios Hollywood
Today I went to Universal Studios. The traffic was actually pretty bad both there and back, and I didn’t even enjoy the park. It was very uncrowded all day, but there just wasn’t anything fun to do there. I headed for the studio tour first, and I took a ton of pictures during that, but … Continue reading
Long Beach Attractions
Today was :A:’s first day of training. It was pretty easy to drop her off at the right building in the morning, but as I pulled away I realized she’d taken the directions with her! That’s what I get for letting her navigate! (Just kidding.) I managed to find my way back to the hotel, … Continue reading
San Diego Zoo
We went to the San Diego Zoo today, and walked around Balboa Park a bit. The zoo was both delightful and disappointing. Many of the exhibits were really outstanding – the habitats for bonobos and gorillas in particular. But I was surprised how many of the exhibits were depressing. I know animals in zoos don’t … Continue reading