San Juan, Puerto Rico 圣胡安，波多黎各
December 4, 2025
Our ship docked in San Juan today.
Since this was our second visit, we decided to venture outside the city and signed up for a rainforest excursion to El Yunque National Forest. We first spent about 45 minutes at the visitor center exploring several exhibits and seeing Puerto Rico’s native parrots in an enclosure. Then we climbed the observation tower for a panoramic view of the forest.
However, the actual hiking was quite limited—only about a 15-minute walk down to a river and then back up. We did experience classic rainforest weather, with rain coming and going throughout the visit. Overall, we felt the tour was not really worth the money.
After returning to the ship for lunch, we headed out again to stroll around Old San Juan. Since we had already visited before, and we weren’t interested in shopping for souvenirs or stopping for food and drinks, there wasn’t much left for us to do this time. So, we decided to head back to the ship earlier than planned.
Before returning to the ship, we made a special stop to take a look at the superyacht belonging to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, which happened to be docked right next to our cruise ship. The yacht, reportedly worth around $500 million, was indeed an impressive sight. Still, as the saying goes, poverty limits our imagination — it was hard for us to truly grasp the sense of value behind such an extreme level of luxury.
Tonight’s dinner was at Osteria d’Ovidio, an Italian restaurant whose menu was redesigned by the youngest chef ever awarded three Michelin stars, Massimiliano Alajmo. The restaurant offered three tasting menus, one of which was Le Calandre, inspired by Alajmo’s flagship restaurant in Rubano, Italy. We chose this tasting menu, which featured eight courses—two appetizers, two pasta dishes, two main courses, and two desserts. Every dish was exquisite, making it the finest Italian cuisine we have ever experienced.
2025年12月4日
今天邮轮停靠在圣胡安，这是我们第二次来这里。城里主要的景点上次都看过，所以这次我们报名参加了前往艾尔云克国家雨林（El Yunque National Forest）的徒步之旅。不过，实际的“徒步”相当有限, 只是沿着小路向下步行大约15分钟到河边，再原路返回。我们在游客中心停留了大约45分钟，参观了一些展览，还看到了被圈养的波多黎各鹦鹉。期间也体验到了典型的热带雨林天气，阵雨时来时去。总体来说，我们觉得这次行程性价比并不高。
回船吃过午餐后，我们再次外出，去老圣胡安城区随意走走。该看的上次都已经看了，不打算买纪念品、不去酒吧吃吃喝喝的话，其实可做的事情并不多。去年初来的时候街上到处都是圣诞节的装饰，很漂亮。这次装饰还没开始，感觉就要逊色一些。
回船前，我们还特意去看了一眼正好停在我们邮轮旁边的亚马逊创始人杰夫·贝佐斯的超级游艇。这艘价值5亿美元（500M)的游艇本身确实气派非凡，但贫穷限制了我们的想象力，我们实在难以真正体会这种超奢华的价值感。
今晚的晚餐是在意大利餐厅 Osteria d’Ovidio 享用的。最新的菜单由最年轻获得 米其林三星 的主厨——马西米利亚诺·阿拉伊莫（Massimiliano Alajmo） 重新设计的。菜单刚改，我们还没有尝试过。餐厅提供三套品尝菜单，其中一套是源自他位于意大利鲁巴诺（Rubano）旗舰餐厅的 Le Calandre 品鉴菜单。我们选择了这一套八道式菜单，包括两道前菜、两道意面、两道主菜和两道甜点。每一道菜都精致出众，毫无疑问是我们迄今为止品尝过的 最佳意大利料理。这也是今天的最大亮点。