Day 1 cont'd.
We decided to walk down the beach to Bad Boyz and have a few drinks. We met some of the staff and promised to come back the next day provided we had our luggage. I was the only one that had the forsight to pack a suit in my carry on, but didn't want to take that first dip without my girls. We had already decided to buy new suits if they hadn't shown up with our bags.
We walked the rest of the way to the ferry pier, then up to 5th to make our way back to the condo. The walk made us extremely parched, so we had to stop at the first swing bar we saw, Pez Vela (?), right at the corner of 5th and Calle 4 I believe. I had been here before with my husband and loved the location for people watching
Lauri and Ando "swinging"
Ando and myself
We met some interesting people at this bar and ended up staying and drinking WAY longer than originally planned. We met two couples that were visiting for the day from Cancun. They told us about a Cuban restaurant, La Bodeguita
del Medio, which we decided to visit later in the week. Another couple we met was fascinated with Trish's iphone, and wouldn't leave us alone.
We went back to the condo to see if we had a message about our luggage. The great thing about LE is that they have Vonage phone there, so all calls back and forth to the states are free! No message from Delta, phooey
. We sat out on the balcony, had a few more drinks and tried to decide where to go for dinner since it was getting late and we had all been up since 3:00 am, that combined with all the alcohol was making for sleepy girls....
We decided to go to the little restaurant right outside the enterance to our condo....BIG MISTAKE....we were the only one's in there and none of the food was good....we commented the rest of the week about how they could stay in business when we saw only one of the tables filled each time we walked by...which was a lot as we had to go to get more Bud Light
. Also have to add that I haven't smoked in over two years, but as much as I drank, I was lured back to the Marlboro Lights for 5 days
The speculation was that maybe it was a front for something else (by others in the condo complex that we met the next day), which would explain the quandry when we actually ordered food and it took FOREVER....even long for vacation time...
Finished up the night by sitting on the balcony listening to the waves in our jammies. At 11:30 we got a call that the luggage was on it's way!
However, my suitcase was ripped open and I am still arguing with Delta over getting a replacement....oh well.....
Day 2 coming up....