Welcome to la Isla

So after only sleeping 2.5 hours the night before Juju and i were up at 4 in the morning to catch our 8 o'clock flight out of Chicago. Gaby and Jessie drove us to Chicago, well...er- not really, I drove while everyone else slept. Thanks a lot, you guys suck as co-captains. But i held down the fort just fine thankyouverymuch.

Here we are on the plane. See how tired i look?

I love to travel.I want to do as much traveling as possible as we can before we start thinking about children. Which wont be for a while, for those who keep asking =-) I was super excited about our honeymoon, not only was i still on an incredible high from the last couple of days, but this was my first actual vacation vacation. I mean, I've been to Mexico a few times, the dells, Chicago and what not, but never on a full blown tropical island vacation.

The flight was good, we experienced little to no turbulence, but i still squeezed Juju's hand tight when we took off and landed. You can see the Island as we are approaching it. The airport was on the northeast of the island (i think) so we flew over the whole thing. It looked a bit cloudy but once we got on the ground it was hot and sunny.As soon as we got our luggage we tried using a concierge phone at the airport to check on rentals. We had decided late in the game that we would get a rental for a couple of the day we were there. I called a few places only to find out that they were all out of cars for the day. Hmm... Oh Yeah! Its memorial day weekend...then it made it sense. We decided to fetch a taxi and try taking care of it when we got to the hotel. We walked outside to hotel and there was palm trees everywhere. I want to say that this was my first time ever seeing a palm tree. A real one. I don't think I've had the pleasure. I swear i was looking up at them with my mouth open. They were just so pretty and green.Here we are in the taxi driving to the hotel. The guys must of thought i was a weirdo because i was snapping away.

We actually weren't too far from the airport, it took us about 15 minutes to get to the hotel. We stayed at the Intercontinental San Juan Resort. The driveway up to the hotel was full of lush greenery. Almost like when the Tanners went to Hawaii (the one with the Beach Boys). We were met by what had to be the best customer service ever. I mean these men were tripping over each other to open our doors. We checked in and met Nestor- the head of concierge. We got a great upgrade because we were on our honeymoon, and then we joined their ambassador club which got us a top floor ocean view room, plus other perks. We quick put our things down and set out to explore the Isla Verde vicinity.