UMTravels

Breakfast at Pinky’s… imagine that. Tuna Carpaccio, bagel, cream cheese and all the rest.

First stop is at the Camuy caves. $3 for parking, $12 for the tour, and no time to use the bathroom before the tour leaves. Or for batteries for my camera since they are near the end of life. Once again, onto a trolley sort of thing, although these are pulled by the same baggage handling tugs that you see at the airport.

Huge caves, fairly easy to walk, though a bit slippery. Dan wanted a DVD of the trip, but alas, none were available in the gift shop.

Next stop was the National Astronomy and Inosphere Center’s Arecibo Observatory. The walk here was much more taxing — 500 steps to get from the parking lot to the vistor’s center. This observatory was made famous with the filming of the 007 movie “Golden Eye” and by the film “Contact.

Dinner tonight is at DOC — which is almost directly across from the guest house. DOC (Denoiminacion de Origen Controlado) is a small Italian deli and restaurant. I had the salmon crepes, Dan had a pasta dish — both really good, and went with the lovely $28 bottle of Tempranillo. Nice, intimate, wonderful but limited menu. Also had a lovely insalata caprese.