Today we took a drive down to the town of Ponce to explore a little bit. Ponce is the largest town in the south end of the island and was hit by 3 earthquakes earlier this summer. We saw some of the damage done by the earthquakes and the repairs going on to fix things back up. We also saw a lot of closed stores, restaurants and businesses from the covid pandemic which was even more sad to see. I really hope this island can recover from the craziness that has been going ok this year and they get back all the tourists that they need to keep this place going! We did get to see some cool things while we were there and loved seeing a new town that we hadn’t seen before.
We got to tour through this old fire station that was super cool.
The kids loved looking through a souvenir shop and the boys were immediately drawn to the swords of course. We also ate at a delicious lunch spot with the best Puerto Rican food. We had mofongo, tostones, mozzarella sticks and rice and beans. The kids all loved it too! Definitely a hit. We also found an ice cream spot for dessert before we headed back home.
We finished up our day doing a little bit of laundry (the old fashioned way since the house has no washer and dryer) and hanging out at the house playing frisbee and football. We have loved the open space up here on the hilltop and the view is almost unreal. Both nights we’ve barbecued outside on the patio and listened to music and played games until dark. We have loved every minute of our time here in the country! We leave tomorrow morning to head to our new place and we almost don’t want to leave this little piece of heaven.
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