Today our tour was Maac Museum and Los Penas. We drove to the downtown area which takes about 45 minutes from the port. Our first stop was to visit the Archaeological and Art Museum. This is an interesting place. Our guide said he could not take the entire group at once so our smaller group toured the art part of the museum. The art was strange, at least to me.
This is the outside of the museum. The address of the street is on the side of the building.
Some of the newer buildings in the downtown area of the city.
This is one of the paintings in the art side of the museum.
Another view of the museum from the outside. It sits right on the river. They have cleaned up this area of the city. The riverfront is very nice but we did not get to walk around, just to see it from the bus.
Next we walked to Los Penas and Santa Anna Hill. This was an area of the city where many artists lived. Along with them were drug dealers and the like. The city has cleaned up this area but now no one lives in the houses except up on the hill.
The Los Penas area from the museum.
Not sure what this is for.
This is the old part of the city.
People do live in the houses on the hill.
Kind of congested if you ask me.
Just more of the area.
This is one of the old colonial houses. They are very nice and the city keeps them that way. The street is cobblestone and hard on the legs to walk on. One must look down at all times because they are not even.
At the end of the street there is an old beer factory. The building above is the former silo. They used to house the grain for the beer in the silos. Now they are apartments.
On the ride back to the ship we passed the Navy Hospital and Navy Yard.
This is the entrance to the Navy Yard.
Back on the ship we had lunch and then nap for Bob. I did some needlepoint and knitting.
We swam in the afternoon. I prefer to swim in the morning as it is not crowded but when we tour, we have to do it in the afternoon. We did our full hour and then the hot tub.
Dressed for dinner. Tonight we are having dinner with Jean and Harry in their suite. When they booked this cruise (just the first leg), they booked a Horizon Suite. Their travel agent requested they give it up and go to the Mariner Suite but it would cost them an additional $3000. each. Someone wanted the Horizon Suite and they were doing two legs of the cruise. Jean and Harry said they would not give up the suite they booked unless it was a free upgrade. Finally Regent agreed and they were given the Mariner Suite. This is a really nice suite. Living room, dining room, powder room, separate bedroom and full bath. Plus a large closet. Really nice but I think they are rather expensive. At any rate, we had a great dinner up there. We have really enjoyed getting together with them.
Thursday was a full sea day. Routine the same, eat, swim, lecture, and needlepoint. Dinner was in Compass Rose. We again ate with Jean and Harry. They are leaving on Sunday to fly home.
Side note, I spoke with the Food and Beverage assistant manager and requested the blue cheese olives. So now we get them. Yea!!!
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