Eric Arellanos

On embarkation day, since we got to the ship quite early, we got off the ship after we toured it, and took a cab to the Old San Juan. Our taxi driver was nice enough to kind of explain which streets to take so we could get the most out of a little walking tour of Old San Juan. He dropped us off by the El Morro Fortress, so we walked the short distance to the entrance, and for a small, nominal fee, we went in to tour the centuries-old fortress. There is not too much to see at the fortress… so perhaps I would recommend that you wait and take the guided tour (which I believe is only a couple of extra $) so that you can get the most out of your visit. I think we only paid $4 for the both of us, so we enjoyed taking a couple pictures and walking around the fortress to find the lovely sweeping views of San Juan. After El Morro, we walked down the quaint little streets of Old San Juan (quite different from the modern, busy streets we had seen throughout the rest of the island), and while we were walking we managed to find our way to the Cathedral of San Juan, where a big even was taking place that particular day, we walked down to find out that it was Marc Anthony’s (the singer) wedding to former Miss Universe, Dyanara Torres (SP) so it was quite an even to see the crowd gathering outside the cathedral and the impressive security all around there… plus my mother loved the beautiful flower arrangements they had on the steps of the cathedral. We walked a little more around San Juan and then by 4pm we were ready to go back to the ship.

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