Old Timey Fortress

As I mentioned in my last post, we got to tour an old fortress in San Juan. It was a cool place, and probably would have been more interesting if we had taken a real tour. What we did do was wander around and look at stuff, which was fairly interesting on its own. Below are the results of my self-guided tour, in picture form.




Proof that Puerto Rico is indeed part of the United States!


Want to initiate a siege against Puerto Rico? This might be a good place to start.


See? A great view of a capital looking building. I wouldn't do it though, because as I established, Puerto Rico is part of the US.




There were lots of dark corridors all over the place. Maybe you could blindly shoot some arrows out of this? I don't think that's a great idea though.


This might be a better place to shoot an arrow.. or a gun since that's a more effective weapon in modern times.


There's a pretty good view of the ocean, I promise.


I'd wager that this is the only kind of shooting that goes on in this fortress anymore. It's a good kind of shooting for sure.


They do have a little heavier artillery, although it's all cemented together.


On the inside of the fortress there were all sorts of buildings and barracks.


This one held cots and some pretty sharp looking military uniforms.




There was religious shrine in there too.


I hope you've enjoyed this fairly odd tour. ¡Adios! (They speak Spanish there, you see)

Old San Juan

The last day of our cruise was spent in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where we also began our journey. The difference was that we had all morning to spend there on the way out, whereas we went straight from the airport to the ship on the way in. To pass the time we took a bus tour of new and old San Juan. These pictures are all from the old San Juan, specifically an area that had a lot of shops. Our bus stopped here for a while so we just wandered around and took it all in.

It was really hot and humid that day (what else is new for Puerto Rico, right?). My stepdad found a little restaurant and sat down and got a drink while my brother and I wandered with my mom. Eventually we got really hot and went to have a seat in the restaurant, but it wasn’t much relief from the heat. The fan was nice, but not nearly enough.

Despite the heat, I enjoyed seeing this area. The buildings there are all so colorful and pretty. We also toured an old fortress, of which I have many pictures. But those will have to wait for another day.

Why not

It's been a while since I've taken any pictures of myself, and when I got home there was just enough light left to snap a few pictures of what I was wearing today. This sweater is pretty much my favorite sweater, and although it looks excellent with the bow tie in the last picture under it, I wore a long tie today. I thought about changing to the bow tie for the pictures, but how could I resist that little dimple under the knot? I simply couldn't!

Yeah, I'm kind of a nerd when it comes to men's clothes. I'm way too into them. If I'm at my computer and I'm not on Flickr, there's a good chance I'm perusing a menswear blog instead. It can definitely be an expensive obsession sometimes, but so are cameras!

To Holga by Boat

Although it doesn't exactly feel like it, summer is definitely over. Since that is the case, I wanted to try to post a few pictures that wouldn't exactly be appropriate for winter. And what is less appropriate for winter than summer? Sadly, these are not from last summer, but the one before; this summer was so hectic for all of us that we never got a chance to get out on the boat. Next summer though.. there will be boating. Until then, I'll just have to look at pictures. Pictures like these.