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We are delighted to complete our final entry for Puerto Rico 2010!

What a trip we had and what fabulous memories the travelers shared!!

We had a great final day -- with our tour of the Capital building in San Juan, with visits to El Morro, and a walk through old San Juan. We had a delicious lunch at Nina Rivera's sister's restaurant at Christopher Columbus Plaza before we took in more sights and did some souvenir shopping.

We were sad to say goodbye to our guide, Mike, at the airport. We loaded our bags onto the USDA conveyor belt and had a moment of panic when one traveler admitted he had a coconut in his suitcase. Truth is always the best policy -- the coconut arrived safely in Philadelphia with us.

We hit one major turbulent bump on our ascent out of San Juan -- but other than that, it was a great flight home with wide-awake kids, enjoying every minute together.

For us, the group of five chaperones, we felt enormous pride in these children's ability to navigate new experiences and, for some, independent travel for the first time. It was a rare privilege to share in their wide-eyed views of the Puerto Rican world -- and to get to know them more as individuals and as a group. We are tired, but grateful for the experience. And we love the Class of 2010 even more than when we departed -- which, for us, is proof of a most successful trip.

We'll post more pictures and end with how we started... UNO DOS TRES! TPS!!!