Day 10: A quiet day to recooperate

Yesterday  was pretty low-key, since the last few nights have been pretty crazy. We started the morning off at Church's Chicken. I should let you know that Burger King and Church's Chicken are EVERYWHERE in Puerto Rico, and basically always next to each other. Not that fast food is in any way a real highlight of the latin culture here in Puerto Rico, but we thought the prevalence of these chains must say something about what cuisines Puerto Ricans enjoy. lol Nothing to write home about, but now we can say we tried it. And apparently they had decent coffee too (ironically in stark contrast with Burger King, whose coffee is pretty terrible).

After "breakfast", we all went to the Museo de Arte de Ponce (Ponce Museum of Art). They had some really cool pieces. There was everything from paintings, to sculptures, to drawings, to insect collections. But since the girls had been there before, and they and Nick needed to drive to San Juan that day, we didn't have time to see everything. So Fed and I might go back if we get the chance to see the rest of the exhibits.

Nick, Fed, Sharon, Me and Renee at the Museo de Arte de Ponce

After the museum, our friends left and it was back to just Fed and I. It was great to have them around, but it's a lot more chill now that it's just Fed and I again. =) I crashed at our hotel room in the afternoon while Fed went shopping while I slept. After I woke up, we went to find coffee around the downtown plaza of Ponce. It took us 3 tries to find a coffee shop that was open, but we found a gift shop with a cafe in the back. We looked around there for a while just window shopping (and Fed actually shopping).

By the way, Ponce is sometimes known as a kinda stuck-up town. They have a saying "Ponce es Ponce, lo demas es parking!" which means (Ponce is Ponce, the rest [of Puerto Ricp] is parking). There are plenty of shirts and souvenirs displaying this cute little motto of theirs.

We ate pizza at a place downtown, which was actually very good. And the downtown-ish area of Ponce is pretty cool, and some cool buildings and landmarks. In particular, Ponce is known for is their firehouse, which is pretty awesome.

The famous Ponce firehouse

Some beautiful views in the downtown plaza of Ponce

We hung out in our hotel room for a bit in the evening, before calling it an early night. Today we're kayaking to Gilligan's Island (I know, cute, huh?) which off the coast of Gaunica, a city a little West of Ponce. It's a small uninhabited island about a mile off the coast, supposedly with some good snorkeling surrounding the island. Should be fun. Tonight is our last night in Ponce, and then we're off to find more adventures in Puerto Rico!