Guus Bosman

Today I travelled to Puerto Rico. I had a direct flight from Dulles to San Juan, and in the plane I was studying Spanish. Although many people in Puerto Rico speak English, it is very useful to know at least a few phrases in Spanish. And it's just a lot of fun to learn a new language.

I arrived in Puerto Rico around 13:00 o'clock. It was raining when the plane landed! I'm prepared for sunny weather, and the rain was a surprise. It took a while before my luggage appeared on the carousel and it was a relieve when I finally got my suitcase.

Today is a holiday here, so we are working from the hotel today. The rooms all have internet connection. The are a lot of tools available that make working outside the office much easier: e-mail, chat, cell-phones, conference calls, online document repositories... the combination of these makes it easy to work with the people in the office in Virginia.

I went for dinner with two colleagues in Old Town San Juan.

We spent the previous weekend very pleasantly. Rosa had invited us to celebrate her birthday with a brunch in a resort outside Washington. Of course, that was an invitation that was gladly accepted. The brunch was on Sunday morning, abd we took the opportunity and booked a night in the hotel at the resort as well.

So, on Saturday morning we travelled to the Landsdown resort, where we arrived at noon for an early check-in. It's a very pleasant place, just 15 minutes from Dulles airport. We went for a swim, had lunch together, used the spa, got a massage... very relaxing.

Sunday morning we woke on time, and went for a nice swim again. Then around 11.30 o'clock Rosa and the other guests started arriving, and at 12:00 we went for the brunch. We were pretty hungry by then, so we enjoyed the great buffet very much. There was a huge variety of food, from typical breakfast (bacon with eggs) to oisters to fresh pasta to great cheeses. Very delicious and it was very cosy too. A lot of the guests were Rosa's family members, as well as friends and colleagues.

Spring really started now. The weather is starting to get really nice, Sunday was especially gorgeous and although it was a bit colder today, it's great weather and people are walking around in shorts and shirts with short sleeves.

I had my lunch break outside today, in a park near my work, enjoying the sun and I'm walking to work without a jacket these days.

When we were in Williamsburg two weeks ago, we spent the Saturday in the historical downtown area.

Williamsburg used to be the capitol of the state of Virginia when it was still ruled by the British. In the beginning of the 20th century the historical inner city was restored to its original state.

A very large area contains the old-style wooden houses, and there are many small museums and actors; very pretty. It reminded me a bit of the Zaanse Schans in Holland. I enjoyed walked around in the old town.

See also these pictures.

Saturday afternoon we took a bath in the bubble hot tub in the cottage, something that I though was very luxurious. In the evening we went out for dinner the four of us. We are all city dwellers, so we never realized that going out at 21.00 o'clock in the evening in a rural city like Williamsburg isn't that easy... most restaurants close so early! After a long search we found a nice place where the kitchen was open (also only till 22.00).

Sunday we stayed in the Plantation. Late breakfast, swimming, taking it easy. We went home around 21.00 o'clock, and this time it took only 2,5 hours.