We had quite the anticipatory morning. The ship was due to dock at San Juan, Puerto Rico, but not until around 1:30. They kept making announcements asking everyone to wait in the common areas instead of blocking the stairways to the exit level. Reckon they have had some folks on previous trips not behave?
We grabbed a slice of pizza and went back up to our room to watch docking from our balcony. We were surprised by an unexpected announcement. They were once again switching time zones, and the ship’s official time was now an hour earlier. How about getting a little more confusing?
We walked around San Juan. I mean literally. We hiked an entire loop around old town San Juan. In those 11,651 steps (about 4.7 miles), we explored two massive castles (At one a small group started randomly singing Amazing Grace in a small chapel - beautiful), saw a very colorful outdoor basketball court, saw a hotel that has been transformed from a convent (guess the name of the hotel- The Convent), saw a really pretty cathedral and a gorgeous tiny chapel, saw a lady letting hundreds of pigeons roost on her - just like the lady in Home Alone, stopped at a souvenir shop and bought, of all things, a Puerto Rico Roberto Clemente jersey, took my picture next to one of those giant chair photo op places, and someone may or may not have even danced a bit in the rain (hint: it was NOT Chris). Whew! We earned those almost five miles.
Romans 8:1 says, Therefore, no condemnation now exists for those in Christ Jesus
Father, thank you once again for new experiences. Amen.
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