We had agreed that we would stay on board today and avoid the Tender transfer to the Island whilst quite a few people went off to go to the beach and the usual tours of the Island. However having seen a number of Caribbean Islands over the years only the still Dutch managed Islands seem to be doing well mostly due to EU money being funnelled via Holland to their islands in the sun.
Our decision to stay on board meant that we had time to catch up with blogging and Jennifer to work on the cross stich picture for the new baby.
The British Virgin Islands and where the ship was anchored was really superb as it swung on the anchor which meant that you were getting a new view every few minutes . For lunch we sat on the back balcony of La terazza and broke the golden rule about wine at lunchtime as it was so nice to sit there and look at the really gorgeous views, a sight to remember. Inn the afternoon really more of the same with Noel listening to his music and Jen stitching away. For the buffet they had some really good looking roast pork which I planned to have with a salad but when enquiring about garlic in the pork they said that the pork was not cooked with garlic but as a presentation they have large garlic cloves as decoration but one of the cloves had been cut using the same knife they cut the pork and therefore the meat and knife would contaminate the roast joint with and so without further ado the server went back to the kitchen and carved off a goodly amount of pork from a new joint using a brand new clean knife, excellent as far as I was concerned.
As it was so nice in La Terraza we decided to return in the evening for dinner which we did and sat outside in the warm evening air with the sun going down again a really nice experience except the lighting was not the best and we wondered what was in some of the early starter dishes as Noel has to be very wary of what he eats. Again a very nice experience with the waiters and staff going out of there way to ensure that all food that I eat is safe to do so.
After dinner we returned to the room and to read up about the need to get off the ship tomorrow to pass through US Immigration in Puerto Rico which would start shortly after the ship arrives at 0800. So and early morning is expected and therefore to bed early.
