Today I travelled to Puerto Rico. I had a direct flight from Dulles to San Juan, and in the plane I was studying Spanish. Although many people in Puerto Rico speak English, it is very useful to know at least a few phrases in Spanish. And it's just a lot of fun to learn a new language.

I arrived in Puerto Rico around 13:00 o'clock. It was raining when the plane landed! I'm prepared for sunny weather, and the rain was a surprise. It took a while before my luggage appeared on the carousel and it was a relieve when I finally got my suitcase.

Today is a holiday here, so we are working from the hotel today. The rooms all have internet connection. The are a lot of tools available that make working outside the office much easier: e-mail, chat, cell-phones, conference calls, online document repositories... the combination of these makes it easy to work with the people in the office in Virginia.

I went for dinner with two colleagues in Old Town San Juan.