Christmas Day- St. Kitts
Merry Christmas from St. Kitts!
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| Moon as we sailed from St. Barts |
Had a really fun dinner with David and Marie from Boston and
friends Grace and Maureen who winter in Vero Beach. They met on a cruise years
ago and love traveling together. In the summer Grace lives outside Boston and
Maureen in Michigan. We made plans to share dinner in a couple nights to
celebrate Marie’s birthday.
The almost full moon was lovely as we sailed away toward St. Kitts.
Music in the bar was festive and people were enjoying
listening and dancing. There was a
lovely Christmas Concert featuring many of the crew and staff. Still not sure
if that is fair to those folks who work so hard and I would hope participation
is voluntary and not demanded.
Smooth sailing into St. Kitts. None of these night sails are
very far and thank goodness today the sea seems calm. Every set of folks we talk
to mention the warm weather at their home for this time of year and the rough
Caribbean waters. One wonders how it all might be connected. Guess it is El
Nino!
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| St Kitts from our balcony |
The small mountain we can see is covered off and on with
fog. Rain keeps spitting and then stopping. The sight of both ends of a rainbow
was magical- sort of giving a blessing to this special day.
We are docked at the port of Basseterre on the southwest
coast of St. Kitts. Basseterre is one of the oldest towns in the eastern
Caribbean. Founded in the early 17th century by the French, the port
served as the capital of the French colony of Saint-Christophe, and then became
the capital of the entire island. ”St Kitts and Nevis”, this two island
country, is the smallest in the Americas in both population and area. Despite
this, the island is incredibly rich in culture and attractions.
Because of the volcanic nature of the island, beaches
feature both black and white sand. We’ll not explore the beaches but plan to
see what else we might do.
Took two tug boats to nudge us into place and naturally the
Pilot boat was all around waiting on the Pilot to leave us and come aboard that
little boat.
Our room service breakfast arrived right on time and
contained a tasty surprise. We always have omelets, bacon and croissants. The
bread basket also contained two slices of wonderful German Christmas bread-
moist and fruity. Great taste and reminder of the three Christmases we spent in
Germany so long ago.
There is a Christmas family celebration this morning with,
naturally, the arrival of Santa Claus.
Someone told us there are 12 children aboard for this cruise. We’ve seen
most of them. Someone else had seen a man with a long white beard and decided
the cruise ship has him to be the Santa this morning. Not bad- a 16 day cruise
for 1 day of work.
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| Christmas Necklace |
Missing family and friends this Christmas Day, but so happy
to be hanging out in such a lovely spot of the world aboard a charming
ship…with no cooking or cleaning to do!
Reminded of stars, angels, a baby and most of all love that came down at Christmas! Have a joy filled day….from us to you!
Life is good!
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posted by Jim and Elaine Barnett @ 5:51 AM
2 comments
2 Comments:
Miss you, but love reading about your adventures! Glad the food, company and weather are all fabulous. Would love to see those black sand beaches this Christmas morning! that all sounds incredibly wonderful.
We have had a quiet day - except for the raucous game of risk that never seems to end (I don't know what Santa was thinking!) Who knew pacifist Christopher would be so good at Risk?! And the pinball mania! Big fun. We have the third floor all ready for the much anticipated arrival of your wonderful, generous present. We can't wait! and I think the timing is going to actually work out really well after all. so thank you, thank you!!!
Been remembering so many wonderful Christmases with you!
Love, Kathryn
Merry Christmas -- a little late I admit. All I did was turn around and Christmas was here. Will "talk" more later. In the meantime, no more rock and roll!
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