We interrupt this vacation narrative to bring you a video you absolutely must see. A friend brought it to my attention, and I’m sending him my Kleenex bill.
Please take a seat. This’ll choke you up too.
Finish strong, my friends. Finish strong.
One thing that struck me while walking around Old San Juan was how it felt like I was walking through European streets. Which was so cool for me, because I’ve never been to Europe and have always dreamed of someday spending considerable time in that part of the world.
The restored 16th- and 17th-century Spanish colonial buildings were what lent it that European feel, and the cobblestone streets and narrow alleyways added such a charm to it all.
No, that beer bottle wasn’t mine, and that’s not why this door looks lopsided. My poison of choice that afternoon was an order of coconut ice cream, topped with more scoops of passionfruit ice cream. I thought, hey, if I’m going down, I might as well go down all sweet and creamy.
Of course, at that exact time, what was really going on in my head was it’s okay, every two steps uphill will cancel out five ice cream calories. Hence the extra scoops.
I’m pretty nifty with math that way.
Calories aside, I’m glad we walked everywhere that afternoon, because some time later, I saw my favorite balcony door of the day.
I just love how the glass shows the blue, blue sky of the day.
And those birds? I bet they were eying the last bits of my ice cream cone. I just know it.
I’d tell them to get their own, but you don’t tell that to birds perched above you. No sirree. Not unless you’re armed with an umbrella. A disposable, throwaway umbrella.
I write, cook, play music, and make pictures. Not necessarily in that order. I was born and raised in the Philippines, and it shows. That means I eat rice with every meal, love my cousins like my own siblings, and firmly believe that avocados are best eaten with cream and sugar.
If you want to learn more about me, here are 43 things I'd like to do. Here's a little something about my name, in case you were wondering. Here are some other places you'll find me:
For more information, visit the BwoB website, our BwoB Facebook page and follow @bloggerswob on Twitter.