La Fiesta

An adventure in Puerto Rico:

We explored San Juan, which was painted in cheerful hues and bursting with flowers...

...as well as cobblestone and a view of the ocean. And eighty-degree weather.

On windy days, the wide green meadow outside of the fortress is filled with people flying kites.

As shameless tourists, we thought it would be a great place to do yoga (as a former competitive swimmer, I'm clearly more about doing a streamline than a proper sun salutation or... something).

We met some boys from the Air Force Academy and taught them how to do The Creep (you have to get your knees flexin' and your arms t-rexin').

And then we socialized.

Socializing is more fun when you're on the beach and completely willing to go swimming at midnight. And someone makes you laugh really hard before taking a picture of it.

We hiked in the rainforest, where we found a Naked Man. He hid behind a rock, but he seriously was naked. Naked Man became one of our most favorite discoveries in Puerto Rico.

Eventually, we had to move on from Naked Man and continue our hike.

We found a little-known local beach on our way back. It was perfect.

The boys from the Air Force Academy presented us with chips and homemade salsa. How cute is that? We ate them all. (The chips and salsa, not the boys.)

Of course, we had to go to Señor Frog's on our very last night. It caters to college students in the most typical of ways, and I almost felt like I was at a bar in Evanston.

It was probably the greatest spring break ever, although I flew home to snow (SNOW?!) in New York. On the bright side, I'm now eight times darker and have a treasure trove of embarrassing photos that I can use as collateral in the future. Also, a HUGE thank you to Alison, Carly, Ashley, and Roxy for their spectacular posts while I was away.