xander is here!

xander, chris' twin brother has come to visit us here in vieques for 2 weeks!! chris and i have been laying low lately and have really not done all the touristy things since we have lived here. So we are taking this opportunity to do those things while Xander is here. So he arrived on Tuesday and i had to work, so they came to the restaurant and i was able to eat with them! I had been craving the fajitas for a while, I had never had them at the restaurant but i would always smell them when we delivered them to peoples tables. They smelled so good i wanted to eat them soo bad. So finally i was able to get the fajitas!!! And they were even more delicious than they smelled!! soo good!!  Wednesday we went to Blue Beach, we packed lunch and made a day of it. Chris and Xan went snorkeling out to the island and had a great time. it was a beautiful day and then we looked behind us and there were dark...very dark clouds rolling in. It started to rain a little and we were ready to go so we packed up and headed back to the house. I had worked that night as well and the guys cooked spaghetti at the house. Thursday was a great day!! i actually got a day off!! i have been working every day at the restaurant so it was nice to have a whole day to do whatever!! We definitely made the most of it! We went and explored the island in our new car!! I drove and was a little nervous about venturing out not really knowing where we were going, but a little ways into it i was having such a good time! We just picked a road and drove down and took side roads and roads off of them etc. So fun! Anyways we explored all around the bunkers and took lots of pictures. There are soo many bunkers too, we thought there were maybe a dozen or so but im sure there are over 50!! As i said i got really into the whole exploring thing and i was driving, so everytime i would see a road we had not been down i would ask which way we should go....after a while the guys answers were not so enthusiastic, they wanted to go back....but i just kept driving! haha i was having such a great time and then we came to a dead end :( a dirt wall blocked our way to get to another road so we turned around and headed back. We went to see the Ceiba tree, which is a massive tree that is over 300 years old! it is also very cool to look at! My mom would love this tree!! :) but it has thorns on it so its not much of a huggable tree. But the lizards love it!!  We also went to mosquito pier a looong man made piece of land that juts out into the ocean. its a great view of the north side of the island. After the pier we were all exhausted and headed back to the house to eat and relax. that night we cooked dinner... we all cooked too. Xander cooked the chicken, chris cooked the broccoli and i made some roasted potatoes! it was the best meal we have made in this house yet! we were very pleased with ourselves! Friday we went to Glass beach, i picked up lots and lots of glass as we walked along the beach and we were able to get to this great stretch of sand in between two rocky cliffs. Chris and xan took pictures and i will post them when i can. We have also made plans to go to Culebra the other small island to the north of us. We are only staying for one night but we should have plenty of time in the day to explore! I am really excited about it! Chris hasn't stopped talking about Flamenco Beach since we got here. He says its the most beautiful beach he has ever seen! And i think the beaches here are the most beautiful ones i have ever seen so im excited to see that!! I am getting two more days off of work next week too!! I will post more soon! but here are some pictures that I took exploring! :) 
I know it is snowing and very cold in north carolina right now so i hope you are all staying warm and i am pretty jealous of the snow! I want to be there! I know you probably think i am crazy but i do. maybe just for a couple hours playing in the snow and then i would want to be warm again! :) have fun!! 

 Chris and I in front of the ceiba tree.

 

 missing everyone a whole bunch!!! 

io