Exploring

One of the things Elenita and I enjoying doing is walking a lot. When we first arrive in a new place we like to explore the location we will be spending our time in as if we are living there. We walk in many different directions to get to know the streets, the location of super markets, convenient stores, pharmacies and restaurants. Our first day we walked over 6 miles. First, we started out with what will hopefully be our regular morning walks along the beach. Our condo is about 2 blocks from a very nice walkable beach.

After our beach walk we went up the main street in the Condado neighborhood for several miles and then ended up at a nice restaurant for breakfast.  After resting for an hour we decided to look for a coffee shop we had read about and proceeded to walk in that direction discovering parks and beautiful 1920's era buildings.

As we walked through the parks and neighborhoods we discovered some of the locals hanging out and some of the beautiful art work on the buildings.

We finally found the Hacienda San Pedro coffee shop. We purchased a pound of coffee and then continued exploring another neighborhood.  We then decided to walk back to our condo and take a siesta. After a long rest we headed out again in search for lunch.  We ended up eating at Buns a wonderful hamburger place with artisan beer. We never eat dinner. We went back to our new home below. 

As the sun goes down we hear the lovely sound of the Coqui.  

The Puerto Rican coquí is a very small - tiny - tree frog about one inch long. Some coquíes look green, some brown and some yellowish - actually they are translucent. Coquíes have a high pitched sound and can be heard from far away.
The coquíes begin to sing when the sun goes down at dusk. Their melody serenades islanders to sleep. Coquíes sing all night long until dawn when they stop singing and head for the nest. Puerto Ricans love their coquíes and have written poems, stories, and Aguinaldos about them.