Paradise Found

Today we met John and Nancy from the sailboat “Silver Seas” ( a 38 foot Freedom).  They’ve been sailing the Caribbean for the past eight years or so and living the dream.  They knew all there was to know not only about The Saints, but so many of the islands we plan on visiting.  We met them in town and enjoyed lunch with them.  It turns out that Nancy spent a year or so in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada (my hometown) several years back.  We had a lot in common.

In the next couple of days, they will be heading down to St. Lucia.  For personal reasons, they need to fly home and will leave their boat there for an extended period of time.  It will be nice if we can run into them again before they head out.

Larry and I walked town briefly this morning.  It’s a funny town.  The stores open in the morning (8am – 12ish).  Then the stores all close for a few hours and the restaurants open for lunch.  Once the restaurants close from lunch, the shops open again (about 3pm).  They close just as the restaurants are re-opening for dinner.  I guess you could work in two places since the schedules don’t really conflict!

Aside from the strange business hours, this is an adorable little town.  It’s so clean and well kept and cheery with the colorful buildings and red roofs. 

We ran into several English speaking people so were able to communicate.  We will spend a little more time in town tomorrow before we head out to explore the less populated anchorages of The Saints.

BTW … Larry checked his email at the restaurant and we got good news.  Our electrical issue with the condo has been resolved.  Luckily, it wasn’t as expensive as we had thought.  A lot of stress that really wasn’t necessary.  Again, thanks to Carl for all his help in this issue.  Also, thanks to Kyle & Robin (our tenants) for their patience and assistance in getting this resolved.