Round Trip Rico: Moving

OK, so on September first we moved into our house... the Fish House... after about six weeks in a condo in Isla Verde. Both kids have been in school a couple of weeks now and it's going well. The day before we moved in we had our 400lb "unaccompanied baggage" delivery with pots and pans, etc. On Weds, they bring our 11000 lbs of household goods. Going to be crazy. Enjoying the new house. The kids (and we) love the fish, and have been eating dinner and breakfast on our laps outside with paper plates. These photos are all out of order and a mess... we are "borrowing" a very slow internet connection while we await our cable internet. Fortunately MR gave us a spare netbook and we accidentally were traveling with our router, so we are able to share this slow connection throughout the house.

In addition to pictures of us camping out in the house are two recent outings to Old San Juan and a return to El Yunque where the kids made an incredible climb to an observation tower in the clouds. There is a photo of my car next to a huge strand of bamboo...

In Old San Juan we parked at the CG base and walked up to see "la Casa Ancha" one of the narrowest houses in the world at about 5.5 feet (pictured). Then we walked Paseo La Princesa to el Murro, the second of the fortresses protecting OSJ.

Wish us luck with the chaotic delivery. We are now zipping around the metro area like pros in our little cars and looking forward to finally being settled. The kids are anxiously awaiting their donosaurs and dress up materials.

Oh, a couple of things we forgot to mention... a while ago walking on the beach in Isla Verde we watched as a man got down on one knee and proposed... everyone clapped.

When we arrived at the house the owner still had two carloads of stuff, so we babysat her 5 huge persian cats and yappy deaf dog while she finished moving.

On our way out of our complex this morning there was a pickup truck wrapped around a bus.

Two cars stopped in the right two lanes of the expressway... stopped... and one person switched cars. This is 22, a 5-lane super busy expressway.

All of this is normal in Puerto Rico.

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