BARBADOS—A QUICK TRIP

November 29, 2010
Sunny and hot

Barbados is not our favorite port. We took a mini bus to the port terminal, then a taxi ($2/each) to downtown Bridgetown. I think every other building is a bank. Towels and other souvenirs have the saying, “Banks, the beer of Barbados.” I did buy The Carolina, Florida, and The Caribbean Book of Pirates. Even though Capt. Rybka of the Niagara does not like pirates because of what they stand for, I do want to know more about them. The pirate stories in the Caribbean and Panama are widely reported whenever we are in port. Tomorrow’s port, St. Vincent, is where Pirates of the Caribbean was filmed.

We walked through the downtown stores and then returned to the port terminal. We decided that the next time we visit Barbados with some of our cruise critic friends, we will go to the Boatyard, Jeff’s favorite. That is a beachfront bar.

After a quick lunch I read by the pool. Tim decided to do wash.

More pool time this afternoon. Tim prefers the back pool; I prefer the pool midship because the deck chairs are better for reading. The “Cookie Girl” comes around about 2:30 with delicious soft fresh warm cookies, usually peanut butter and oatmeal. Today they played the silent film, Phantom of the Opera at 2 p.m. I saw it on the Coral Princess.

We dined in the DaVinci dining room-mozzarella and tomato, pineapple with strawberries sprinkled with coconut, and spinach quiche. Dessert was peanut butter and chocolate pie.

We watched The Other Guys with Will Farrell and Mark Wahlberg under the stars. This is a very cozy way to watch movies, even if they are not the best.


TK’s Takes: There are fewer steps to the Laundromat than there are to our washer and dryer at home.