Remember my Eastern Caribbean Diary series video? If you don’t, check it out here!
Well it’s time to start up that Getaway. Quite a few of you may be experiencing some extreme weather that has rain, snow and gloomy days, especially for those in the East Coast with your snow blizzard. I decided to bring some island fun to brighten those days!
Welcome to the first stop on my Eastern Caribbean Getaway!
Island #1: Puerto Rico.
The first island we hit was San Juan, Puerto Rico and it is a beautiful island. And it is even more gorgeous when it’s the first piece of land you see after being on a cruise ship for 3 days straight.
The island we were docking to was San Juan, the capital of Puerto Rico. We had no real agenda for this day (or any of the island days really). So with such little time in the town we opted to just explore the city near the port station, which is known as Old San Juan.
As soon as we got off the ship we were smacked with humidity, hot sticky humidity. My undone hair got frizzy within a second. But that didn’t stop me from seeing the beauty that San Juan had to offer.
Old San Juan had such beautiful Spanish architecture as well as narrow cobblestone streets and then it is also surrounded by massive defensive stone walls and forts. It is a sight to behold.
Many of the fort buildings were turned into government buildings as tourism started to boom. Like the building called the La Princessa used to be a municipal jail, but it has now become Puerto Rico Tourism Company building.
And along the walkway of where the La Princessa stands, their Spanish markets are lined up for snacks of wonderful Puerto Rican delicacies.
Lastly, we went full tourist by visiting the restaurant Señor Frog. But with such little time in Puerto Rico, it just meant for me visit it at another time with more time to actually explore and enjoy the town and go to an actual beach.
Here’s more pictures to wrap up my time in Puerto Rico.
Hope you enjoyed this Spanish Caribbean Getaway! Cheers!!
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Enjoyed the pics, Yvonne! Some of them reminded me of San Diego. Gorgeous place. One can’t help but love Spanish architecture. So romantic, and timeless feeling. I really loved the pic of the old ship! I love old ships….
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Thank you! And yeah, some of the places do remind me a bit of SD! And Spanish architecture really is beautiful. And same here, there’s an old ship in the San Diego Harbor too that’s pretty awesome!
Oh, I remember seeing that! I was so thrilled!! Unfortunately I didn’t get a good pic–we were driving–but I hope to get a better one next time I go!
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Beautiful photos! I love it! One of my goals is to get my husband to expand our horizons a bit. The Caribbean is definitely on our list. It looks like so much fun!
Thank you! Yes, that’s mine and my boyfriend’s goal for life to travel everywhere. You’ll definitely have to take a trip to the Caribbean, I’m hoping to take my bf there for my next trip out there! It’s a great atmosphere and so fun to relax and have a good time 🙂
San Juan looks gorgeous! You definitely have me daydreaming of warmer weather and beaches haha!
It really is quite gorgeous! lol you’ll have to check out my next post about St. Maarten, that island had the most blue water I have ever seen in my life.
I’d love to go to San Juan one day! xx
Oh you will have to visit one day! It’s truly an amazing place, I want to go back myself sometime soon!
Beautiful pictures, that one tree particularly is spectacular! I would love to go there one day x
Thank you! Yes that tree was so gorgeous! It was part of the La Princessa Cafe. You’ll have to visit one day, it’s amazing!
I would love to! I am waiting for my visa to come through before I can start exploring the world again! It is taking forever!
Traveling is so much fun! I also enjoy going on cruises, and I’ve gone on quite a bit in my life. Your pictures inspired me. I’m ready to go again! 🙂
Yes it really is! I loved this cruise and want to take another one soon! And it’s so great that we get to island hop on cruises, it makes it all the more fun 🙂
Lovely pictures! My favourites are the seaside views! Stunning! I love cruising – I did a Caribbean one a few years ago and it was seriously the best thing ever! x
Thank you! Yes, my family luckily got a balcony so we got some amazing views on our whole cruise trip. I love the Caribbean and want to go back soon!
It looks like you had a wonderful time! I’m so jealous! 😉
Thanks, I really had a wonderful time! I loved San Juan, it was amazing.
Loved San Juan! I went when I was younger, so I don’t remember much. What I do remember is how warm the water was! Like a bath 😀
Yes, San Juan it’s amazing! Yes it was a bit humid out there, but it still was amazing. 🙂