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# san juan
- URL: https://www.bradenanderin.com/san-juan/
- Published: 2024-06-01T12:52:41.000Z
- Updated: 2024-06-01T12:52:41.000Z
- Author: erin
- Tags: family, places we've been, the boat, spring

For the last I don't know how many years we've taken our bus to Duluth, MN with our friends for Memorial Day weekend. This year we changed it up and took a ferry from our boat in Culebra to mainland Puerto Rico with some friends and spent the weekend in San Juan. 

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The girls kept saying we were on vacation because the airbnb place we stayed had ice cold air conditioning (something we do not have on the boat). It's been a while since they could get all bundled up in blankets to sleep.

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The fort is a must see in San Juan. The kids (and adults) spent hours exploring the six levels. Fun fact for Austin - construction of the fort began in 1539 and ended in 1790 (250+ years!).

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After the fort we walked through Old San Juan, had lunch and stumbled upon the Parque de las Palomas (Pigeon Park).

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I don't mind birds, but pigeons just seem gross. The girls didn't mind at all and could have spent the whole afternoon there holding the pigeons.

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Olivia's favorite pigeon that she named Autumn

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We had a fun weekend "on vacation" exploring, shopping, eating and enjoying cold AC. After a ferry ride back to Culebra we were back on the boat and back to keeping cool our way.

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