Puerto Rico!!

The following posts are of my trip to Puerto Rico during the Thanksgiving holiday. It was a ridiculously amazing trip and a nice departure from my job in Korea. I will soon add pictures from my previous trips for those who are interested.

El Moro

Dad took Jorge, Tuti and I to visit El Moro and nothing but cultural learning ensued. We had a great time although the sun was in our eyes the whole time

I realized later that maybe we shouldn't have had her sitting on a 500+ year old canon

Baby hermanos and nieces...

are the best accessories when vacationing in Puerto Rico! Thanks for the fun times Jorge and Tuti!
This blog is dedicated to you!

In Viejo San Juan

Tuti was going to town on a quesito!

Jorge going to town on pork.

She is pretty cute!

I seriously do not see the resemblance

Is Bacardi the name of the bat!?

It was only right that we make a pit stop at the Barcadi distillery with an 8 year old in tow. Tuti partook in the Sprite cocktails while Mom, Jorge and I enjoyed the delicious mojitos.

Always the drama queen!

Out and about town...

Random shots from my walks around Daejeon

There's an Ian's in New York and an Ian Bar in Daejeon

Signs and Signs everywhere

Fried chicken restaurant

Everytime I see this place I think of Keila...two of her loves Reggae and Tattoos

Seriously? I may send some of this to Jorge...

It's a pile of cups, plates, saucers and bowls for sale on the street

Hi- Ho

...to the DMZ (Demiliterized Zone) we go. Brian, Tallia and I woke up entirely too early to visit the DMZ with the vain hope that we might see North Korea and North Korean soldiers. Of course it was the foggiest day our time here...URGH

An American soldier and a South Korean soldier

In this picture Brian and Tallia are officially standing in South Korea and I am officially standing in North Korea

Can you spot the North Korean soldier?

North Korea

Too early in the morning to be standing in North Korea

To kill...

...a Saturday cheaply Sarah and I decided we would board a random bus and see where it took us. We boarded the 301 and rode it until the very end. The bus left us atop a hill in front of an ordinary looking building. We felt our "adventure" had been lackluster but upon exploring behind the building we encountered Ppuri Park and were completely dazzled and pleased. It was a lovely place to spend an autumn afternoon.

So happy to have lucked out and found the park... I was missing Vanessa this day (as I do every day) so I wore a "Hello Kitty" clip in her honor the whole day

My best Jorge face

What exactly AM I allowed to do?

This is a shot of the building the bus dropped us off in front of