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Sunday, December 11, 2011

Castries, St. Lucia

What a great day! Beautiful weather. We had booked a cruise to the Pitons on a catamaran which left at 8:30 a.m. Great steel band music playing the whole time and we had a very energetic woman who had us dancing the whole time we were on the cat. Lots of fun. Went swimming in one of the bays close to the Pitons. Getting down the ladder to the ocean wasn't too bad—getting up was a trick! I needed a boost. After I came up they decided they should lower the ladder more. Duh. So Carolyn got the easy way up. They hosed us off with fresh water and then we sailed back to the ship.

Did some shopping in the shops—I searched unsuccessfully for some good steel band music—and then got back on the ship around two and had lunch. Then I popped in the thalasotherapy pool and the hot tub to see if I could get the kinks out after all that dancing.

Beth didn't come to dinner, said she couldn't face chicken again and nothing on the menu looked interesting to her. I was getting tired of beef and had the vegetarian entrée which was good and didn't leave me feeling stuffed. We also had the fastest service we've had—out in an hour and a half. The night before it dragged on forever.

Carolyn and I browsed the shops and made our donation to the casino and then came back to the rooms. Beth reported she'd had a great room service quesadilla. I've never even looked at the room service dinner menu, but that sounds good.