Sunday, February 9, 2014
Partly Cloudy, 82 F
Our ship
docked at Pointe Seraphine in Castries, St. Lucia, right in the middle of a
small shopping area. The last time we were here in 2009, we went on a fabulous
tour by Cosol with Angel and Bill and several other NCL friends. Cosol took us
to a spice farm and we stopped at his favorite bakery for fresh bread. I asked
today’s tour operators about Cosol and they said he is still around and had
already taken off with his tour people.
Tim and I
walked around, purchased a few things, and went back on board the ship for
lunch. Tim took a photo of a cocoa tree.
On the pool deck we placed our lounge chairs so we could look out into the
prettiest little cove with palms, seagulls, sailboats sailing, catamarans and
charter boats, and even a small airport in the background. We saw a DC-9, small
planes, and a helicopter fly in and out. Every day the Sun’s “Calypso Trio”
plays poolside. Another afternoon in the warmth of the Caribbean.
Speaking of
which, on this morning’s news we saw that Lake Erie is 93% frozen over, Lake
Huron is 65% frozen, and Lake Michigan is 83% frozen. The other day I learned
that the Erie School District has already had 4 snow days. I think we are in
the right place.
Tim and I
agree that the Sun’s buffet on Deck 11 is nothing to write home about, for
lunch or dinner. The food is OK, but not extraordinary. The space itself
probably needs some spiffing up. I will say that the made to order omelets and
waffles are available for breakfast. There is ice cream (hard and soft)
available all afternoon, and about 5 p.m. one can get a crepe made to order
with a choice of strawberry, lemon, blueberry, Nutella, or chocolate.
I did want
to note the Bar Manager’s Specials:
Morning:
Bloody Mary, Screwdriver, Mimosa--$4.25Drink of the Day: Cherry Lime-Aid---$6.95 (I have no idea what that is) (yesterday--Blue Lagoon)
Sail Away Special: Long Island Iced Tea (souvenir glass included) ----$8.95 (yesterday: Sea Breeze with souvenir glass--$7.25)
Martini of the Day: Citrus Gem--$7.50
Tonight’s towel animal: a turkey! But Tim accidentally sat on it. I got a photo first. Should have taken a photo of Tim sitting on the poor creature.
Robert K. Tanenbaum: Escape (a long detailed NY District Attorney Butch Karp novel with Christian, Jewish, and Muslim intrigue, a mother who kills in the name of God, and a jihad in a NYC synagogue and the NYSE)
James Patterson: Gone (Michael Bennett must find a Mexican drug lord who escaped from prison and is looking for Bennett’s family) (loaned by Bill’s mother, I have run out of books and there aren’t many English titles in the library)
James Patterson: Merry Christmas (loaned by Bill’s sister Debbie) (Alex Cross has his hands full with a father threatening to kill his children and ex-wife on Christmas Eve –not finished yet)
Monday, February 10, 2014
Sunny, 80s F
We caught the water taxi into town on this beautiful sunny day. We are having lunch at Green House--we found out at the Green House in St. Thomas that there were two more in St. Maarten. Tim decided to go local and has conch soup and bango shrimp. He really liked it. I had a great grilled cheese sandwich.
We are wondering about B2's loose tooth and B1's games!!!
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