Great Scot

It's a Pup party!

Today was a play date with Wilson ... Wilson is a baby Cairn that owns Mom's friend Rhonda. We had a whale of a time racing around the house, wrassling, and chewing on each other. At one point I was able to give my leetle friend a nudge and push him under the cedar chest. But Wilson was relentless and always came back for more.

Here we are after we'd been playing together for about an hour. By this time we were clearly tuckered out ... or else Mum wouldn't have been able to catch the both of us ...

As for tonight ... I'm just exhausted and I do believe it's time for my nap.

Farewell .. Paradise

Friday, March 5

Unfortunately, today is the day we have to leave paradise.

When we flew into St Lucia, we arrived at the smaller airport in Castries. However, we are scheduled to depart from the larger airport in Hewanorra. But first, there is the small matter of a 2 hour bus trip across the island. The drive did allow us an opportunity to see more of the island.

The island is very hilly; it has so many groves (or are they stands?) of banana trees you can't count them all. There are also acres and acres of tropical rainforest around each bend and corner, and then around the next curve you get a glimpse of the blue Caribbean sea.

What a wonderful trip ...

A Caribbean Street Party

Thursday, March 4

Today the resort is hosting a street party. We were treated to a live band, dancers, food, and craft vendors.

As always ... we had some of the most amazing seafood.

Bore Da ...

Wednesday, March 3

Bore Da ... is Welsh for Good Morning ... Pnawnd Da means Good Afternoon, and as for Good Evening ... Noswaith
Da.

The lesson is Welsh is in honor of our wonderful new friends. We shared dinner with Bill and Kate on Monday and we made such a wonderful connection, we arranged to meet them for dinner tonight at Mario's. Where we were treated to a fantastic antipasto bar the featured so many wonderful treats.

When Jeff and I make our way to Europe .. we have to stop in Cardiff to see the Spence's.

A Chocolate! Buffet

Tuesday, March 2

We took a trip into Castries today to do some shopping. We shared a ride with a really niced couple from South Hampton, England. We spent some time at the open air market, where we picked up some souvenirs. Jeff decided against the Cohibas.

We also went to the duty free shops. Here's a picture of our shopping companions ... John and Sara.

We had dinner at a wonderful French restaurant ... it was spectacular. A couple of firsts ... first time I ever ate in a 5-star restaurant, and Jeff's first escargot. I wanted to take pictures in the restaurant but thought better of it.

When we returned to the hotel after dinner ... the culinary staff was setting up .... a CHOCOLATE buffet. Need I say more ...

Dinner and a Show

Monday, March 1

This morning when we looked out into the horizon ... this enormous cruise ship was docked in Rodney Bay. We have become accustomed to seeing the smaller sailboats ,but the cruise ship was pretty imposing. If you notice the small dark boat to the rear (right) of the cruise ship, that's a small ferry boat bringing passengers onto shore.

We made reservation for dinner in a Teppanyaki Steak house.

Dinner and show !! We had the pleasure of sharing dinner with some very nice people. Bill and Kate Spence, our new Welsh friends. We had such a wonderful time getting to know them. We made arrangements to have dinner with them again on Wednesday night.

Oh Canada ...

Sunday, February 28

The most vibrantly beautiful bouganvillas are everywhere ... white, pink, purple, red, and orange ones ...

Today was the last day of the Winter Olympics ... while Winter Olympics aren't a big deal to the 160,000 St Lucians ... they are a pretty big deal to many of the Canadians we have met. Particularly ... hockey.

We had dinner in the English Pub with 50 or so Canadians who were intent on the outcome of the gold medal hockey game. In the end, Canada came away victorious, and we were treated to a rousing rendition of Oh Canada. It was really nice to see everyone in the pub standing up and singing the Canadian national anthem.