A Weekend in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico

I haven’t been to San Juan, Puerto Rico in over 20 years. I’ve been to the island many times during that span but I’ve landed at the Rafael Hernández Airport in Aguadilla, on the west side of the island. You see, my late wife’s family are from beautiful Rincón on the westernmost tip of Puerto Rico and that was our stomping grounds. The last time I was in Puerto Rico at all was for her funeral service in November 2018.

Good news is that after more than four years as a widower, I’m finally seeing someone steadily. Her name is Diana and we went on our first date on November of last year – and so far so very good. The first true test of a budding relationship, however, is a weekend getaway. I mean you’re pretty much stuck with each other from the plane ride there to the plane ride back home. And I’m a pretty particular traveler, especially in the amount of photographs I tend to take. My wife and daughter already knew the drill…but would Diana?

We arrived late Thursday night so we started our Friday with a quick walk from our hotel, the 352 Guest House Boutique Hotel located right in the heart of Old San Juan, to our first destination. I was equipped with my new Sony A7RV and the travel-friendly Sony FE 24-105mm f/4 G lens. It was time to see if this relationship had a future – and to take a few photographs (plus a few short videos with my iPhone 13 Pro). I started out easy – with a trip to Castillo San Cristóbal… ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).