Our first stop was to the oldest cathedral in the United States, St. John’s Basilica.
From here we walked to the wall of the fort and found the site of the church built on the site of a miracle. The story states a rider on his horse was thrown off the edge of the wall after an abrupt stop. The rider survived the fall; the chapel was built to commemorate God’s miracle.
San Juan in pictures. Every turn brings a new color, new architecture, a food stand, and to Keagan’s delight, another cat. The locals love their cats.
Keagan is super excited to be headed home, to sleep in his own bed, and have unlimited Fifa time. After gelato and dreams of home, Keagan began some deep thinking. Typically, his deep thoughts include something related to history because he’s fascinated with American history, but you’d think after a week in Puerto Rico, he would be thinking of the Spanish conquistadors in the Americas, or fort building, or the destruction of the Taino Indians’ culture. Today’s ponderings, though, were related to slavery.
From here we walked to the wall of the fort and found the site of the church built on the site of a miracle. The story states a rider on his horse was thrown off the edge of the wall after an abrupt stop. The rider survived the fall; the chapel was built to commemorate God’s miracle.
San Juan in pictures. Every turn brings a new color, new architecture, a food stand, and to Keagan’s delight, another cat. The locals love their cats.
Keagan is super excited to be headed home, to sleep in his own bed, and have unlimited Fifa time. After gelato and dreams of home, Keagan began some deep thinking. Typically, his deep thoughts include something related to history because he’s fascinated with American history, but you’d think after a week in Puerto Rico, he would be thinking of the Spanish conquistadors in the Americas, or fort building, or the destruction of the Taino Indians’ culture. Today’s ponderings, though, were related to slavery.
“If I could go back in time, I’d want to be saved by Harriett Tubman. I want to know what that was like escaping in the Underground Railroad.” And that was our discussion for the block it took us to get back to the car and make our way to the airport.
Farewell, Puerto Rico. We had a wonderful week that could have only been better if I was coming home without the 876 bug bites that cover my body. Your people are welcoming, your weather is perfect, your food is wonderful, and your colors are brilliant. What a great week!
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