I ordered an empanada, thinking it would be like the kind one gets in Latin America. However, it was quite different in Puerto Rico and looked more like a heavily breaded cube steak.
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| Puerto Rican Empanada and arroz con gandules (rice and peas) |
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| Argentine Empanada
Earline wanted to try a stuffed plantain banana filled with vegetables. They are called canoas (canoes in English).
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| Puerto Rican Canoas - Stuffed Plantain
Other Puerto Rican dishes you might like to try are shown here.Earline's mother was born in Puerto Rico so we were familiar with many of the dishes.
After lunch, we headed to the airport via taxi ($22 US - no additional per bag charge this time) and went to the American Airlines desk. I had been unable to check in on line and when I got to the desk, the attendant had difficulty checking us inn as well. She told us we were supposed to have left on the 8:20 am flight. I showed her the computer printout that showed that American had changed our flight from 8:20 am to 4:20 pm. She asked how long I had that printout and I told her for a month.
With the help of her supervisor, we finally got booked for the flight and headed to Dallas/Fortwoth. However, when we arrived there, our connecting flight to San Jose, CA had mechanical problems that delayed departure and when they could not fix the airplane that had a door seal issue, they changed all passengers to a different gate and airplane that departed an hour later.
We finally arrived in San Jose near 12:30 am and we ended our journey to our home at 1:30 am, California time or 6:30 am Puerto Rico time.
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