Our day started with a "healthy" breakfast of eggs, hashbrowns, and bacon. Right after breakfast, we packed up our beach bags and headed to the beach again. This time, we were going to Playa Crashboat. We had read that it was a very popular beach with wind sand and clear blue waters. It was also very popular with surfers and had been labeled one of the 10 best beaches in the Carribean. When we got to the beach, we found a nice area to lay our things down and started to relax. However, after taking a short walk along the seawall, we realized that we were actually at Playa El Canto de Las Piedras. Crashboat Beach was actually further north from where we were. The beach was nice and the water was cool so we decided to stay at that particular beach for a couple of hours. Afterwards, we wanted to try and find Crashboat beach so we packed up our things and headed up north.
Upon getting closer to the beach, we noticed a long line of cars trying to turn left into a street. We waited patienly until we came up to a policeman. He kindly informed us that the beach was closed because there were no more parking spaces available. We didn't find out until later that day, it was actually a Puerto Rican holiday. In fact, I had made a comment to Mike about whether or not Puerto Ricans worked on Mondays because everyone was at the beach.
While we were heading home, we drove through a loop in Parque de Colon, where local vendors were selling various items right along the street. Trafffic was backed up because people were actually in their cars, buying things such as fruits, nuts, drinks, etc. I was amazed at the number of people that were out enjoying the day with their families. I even made a comment to Mike about how envious I was that the people just took the day off to enjoy some time with friends and families.
We had a late lunch of leftovers after getting home from the beach. I went to take a nap while Mike read his Einstein book outside on the patio. We played Phase 10 for about an hour and a half (and yes, Mike beat me this time), before I began feeling dizzy and naseous. Mike seemed to think that it was from the ice that he made from the faucet water. He had read that people with sensitive stomachs could experience some unpleasant symptoms if they drank the water. Unfortunately, the rest of the evening was not very pleasant.
Upon getting closer to the beach, we noticed a long line of cars trying to turn left into a street. We waited patienly until we came up to a policeman. He kindly informed us that the beach was closed because there were no more parking spaces available. We didn't find out until later that day, it was actually a Puerto Rican holiday. In fact, I had made a comment to Mike about whether or not Puerto Ricans worked on Mondays because everyone was at the beach.
While we were heading home, we drove through a loop in Parque de Colon, where local vendors were selling various items right along the street. Trafffic was backed up because people were actually in their cars, buying things such as fruits, nuts, drinks, etc. I was amazed at the number of people that were out enjoying the day with their families. I even made a comment to Mike about how envious I was that the people just took the day off to enjoy some time with friends and families.
We had a late lunch of leftovers after getting home from the beach. I went to take a nap while Mike read his Einstein book outside on the patio. We played Phase 10 for about an hour and a half (and yes, Mike beat me this time), before I began feeling dizzy and naseous. Mike seemed to think that it was from the ice that he made from the faucet water. He had read that people with sensitive stomachs could experience some unpleasant symptoms if they drank the water. Unfortunately, the rest of the evening was not very pleasant.
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