Day 1--Arrival

Hi everyone! Not much to report on our first day. The flight was good and all in all everything went very smoothly. However, I do have a travel tip: if you plan to travel during spring break, prepare for the security line at BWI to stretch all the way back to the international hub. All security lanes were open, however, so we got through in about 20 minutes. Which brings me to my cardinal rule of travel: always arrive at least an hour before board time.

The hotel is beautiful and so is the view (top and bottom pictures above). We have a great room with a full kitchen so we hope to cook some meals during our stay; especially since the prices at the restaurant are a bit expensive. For lunch Lisa had a seafood salad and I had a mahi-mahi burger. Then we came back to our room for a snooze. For dinner we ventured into town. It's the last night of the season (or festival as they call it) with merchants galore on the street. The crowds were immense. Here's some video:

We ate at an extremely crowded and crazy place:

It was so crowded that they sat us at a table where one of the chairs was teetering on the edge of a step. Lisa was dead certain I was going to topple over the steps so we asked them to seat us elsewhere. They put us at a table with three sisters from Toronto who were very nice (or as we say au francaise: tres sympathique). I had curry chicken, cole slaw and Johnny cakes (look 'em up) and Lisa had grilled chicken and fried plantains.

Tomorrow we plan to spend most of the time on the beach doing some swimming and snorkling. Starting Thursday we plan to do some excursions out to some of the other islands, so hopefully things will get a bit more interesting then. Until tomorrow: Au revoir! A demain!

John