El Morro and a rainstorm. And some wind.

The fortifications sit a the end of a large field (known as the esplanade) that protected the fort from invasion by land. It's quite a walk up to the entrance.

Inside the fortifications you can see the main courtyard, with the same 3 flags flying. The grey structure off to the right is a lighthouse that is still working - they allow you up to the first level with the windows, which is a great view.

As you can see, there are a lot more clouds in the sky, and we had quite some weather move in. Check out the waves crashing to the left, this is right below where all those kite flyers were earlier. Notice they have left? There was quite some wind

Down on the lowest levels of the fort, you could really get an idea of the storm.

We finished walking around El Morro, and started walking towards the hotel and of course, the sun came back out again. At the hotel, we dropped off some stuff in our room and had some lunch at the tapas restaurant there. It was later in the afternoon (about 2pm) and we didn't want anything big because we were saving room for our dinner at Marmalade! A whole post about that, with food porn pictures and everything will be coming soon!

After lunch, we took a brief walk down to Forteleza street and went into Ole, a shop that sells custom fit Panama hats (handmade) It's been there for years, and I'd recommend it if you want a snazzy new hat. Doesn't Chris look snazzy in his new hat with custom hatband? Here's the interior, it's tiny (and filled with hats!!!)

Back to the hotel, and there was a wedding at the Catholic Cathedral (oldest one in the new world!) across from our hotel. They were having the reception at the hotel, so there were lots of fancy dressed up people milling around. Here's a few shots.

The bride had a beautiful gown, but I can't even imagine how hot she was in that dress!!! Long sleeves and everything. Since we didn't see the wedding group until later in the evening, I'm guessing it was a full Mass wedding.
Next, off to Marmalade for dinner!!!!!

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