Guus Bosman

A week ago on Sunday morning we had a nice breakfast together in the hotel itself. The restaurant was overlooking the sea, and it was very sunny so the view was great. Coffee, great view, being together... an excellent start of the day.

The waiter made a unpleasant mistake, which wasn't very nice but certainly couldn't ruin our mood. And after the breakfast, she came back and apologized and said the breakfast was on the hotel. Nice gesture.

Wednesday night we went out for dinner, and spent the evening in a Mexican restaurant with nice food and margarita's. Thursday night one of my colleagues who lives on this island, brought us to a local student bar near the university, where we had a few beers and danced on the local music. The bar, called Shannens, calls itself a Irish Pub but it's a big mystery why. They don't have Irish beers, nor any Irish background -- the place is actually sponsored by Heineken. Nevertheless, it was a great place to go out to, and I liked it. There was a life band playing a nice combination of Spanish rock and Caribean music. They sure know how to play good dance music here and dance to it!

Friday evening I was very tired. Three colleagues went back to the States, and there are only two of us left in the hotel now. I spent the evening alone, which was very nice for a change after two intense weeks -- I had a great time with my colleagues here, they are nice to go out with and fun, but I just needed a little break and physical rest.

I had dinner in a restaurant in the hotel across the street, their great pasta dish again, with two beers. I went to bed at 22.00 o'clock and didn't wake up until 9.30 o'clock this morning. Breakfast downstairs, now I'm back in the hotel room. In a little while I'll meet up with Kevin, my other remaining colleague.

I am writing this from the office, with the arms and shoulders of my shirt totally wet.

Puerto Rico has a beautiful climate, but can have rather unexpected rainfall. I went for lunch with five colleagues in a shopping center about 10 minutes walking from the office. When we wanted to go back it started raining. We had only three umbrella's and six people, so we shared them but the Puerto Rican rain is very, very strong. It should try quick enough, with the airconditioning in the office.

This afternoon I bought a new network cable for my laptop. The hotel provides an internet connection in the room, but you need to bring your own cable to connect to it. Last week I borrowed somebody else's, but I got my own today.

I didn't really pay attention, except that I didn't want to pay to much money, these cables are so expensive! I bought the cheapest one I could find, a short one. Only when I arrived in the hotel room I realized that three feet is really very short! So now I'm sitting on the floor.

I went for dinner with four colleagues in a restaurant in the hotel across the street. I had pasta there, with a salad. I spoke with Sasha on the phone when she was changing planes, she'll be home around this time.

It's nice to enter a room for the first time, and I liked unpacking my stuff. If everything goes as planned, I'll stay 10 more nights here.