We ate breakfast at Cafe Berlin, which we had read about as being vegetarian friendly. It was, and breakfast was wonderful: tofu scramble, grilled vegetables, potatoes, and toast.
They had really good coffee, and we were adventurous enough to try a zucchini juice blend. Some people at the table next to us had one of the most amazing pancakes I'd ever seen. It was probably half an inch thick, 10 inches in diameter, and it apparently had bananas, pecans, brown sugar, etc. The people at said table caught us enamored with their pancake, but after we laughed and apologized for staring, we had a lovely chat with them (who were locals) about stuff to do in Puerto Rico.
We walked around Old San Juan a bit, mostly spending time at one of the forts, San Cristobal. It was intriguing walking around something both so old and so European... It was the kind of place I'd like to run around sword fighting in. Not that I sword fight. But I wish I did for this place (I'd imagine they'd frown upon this type of thing, actually). The walls were really thick, and there were some really cool lookout areas.
We read that over the 400 years of people watching for attacks here, the fort had only been attacked five times. There were some neat tunnels and a dungeon area. The dungeon had ship drawings on the walls, and the exhibit text said that they were believed to have been drawn by a Spanish captain awaiting execution for mutiny. The grounds were fairly expansive... to the point that we got tired rather suddenly and made our way out of the fort to leave San Juan. I hope to make it to the other fort (El Morro) before the end of the trip.
Our impressions of Puerto Rico so far are very good. People are nice and the place has a great vibe. I'm a bit skeptical of the driving, which is exacerbated by narrow lanes and street signs that don't always match what mapquest told me. We're getting by, though!
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