We have been here in
St. Lucia now for a whole week and I took the opportunity to take a rest fro
m updating the blog and doing anything apart from schooling and having fun in the sun. We have met up with old friends as well as meeting lots of new, nice and interesting people and socialized nearly every evening in the Rodney Bay Marina. From five o’clock onwards other sailing families meet in the marina and there are lots of other children running around, keeping Julia and Carlos company. The weekend evenings were a bit noisy, if not to say loud. There are two villages on the island who host night street parties, known as “jump ups”, one of the village happen to be right in front of our anchorage. Yeah…..the noise at night was nearly unbearable and lasted till three in the morning, it felt like that we had anchored right in the middle of the biggest and loudest discotheque in a big 
city. In our guide book it says, “that tourist and locals alike enjoy the carnival atmosphere, where the pulsating heat of reggae and soca music permeates the air.” I can totally confirm that and Sven had the pleasure to experience it live. We were warned before that this is definitely not a place to take children, so I picked the short stick to go home with Julia and Carlos. I wonder if it is my turn next Friday!
Today we went with a local bus to visit Castries, which is a big city nearby. Luckily the bus stopped right outside the Marina an
d it cost only EC$ 8 for the four of us. You have to divide this roughly by three to get the US dollar amount. In Castries 
we went to the big daily market. A variety of fresh vegetable and fruit greeted us and even though it was not the cheapest, we still indulged ourselves with fresh fruit and veggies. After a bit of sightseeing and a meal in the balcony restaurant we went home and feasted on our fresh fruits, yum yum! The rest of the day we spent swimming and relaxing on our JUCA!
St. Lucia now for a whole week and I took the opportunity to take a rest fro
m updating the blog and doing anything apart from schooling and having fun in the sun. We have met up with old friends as well as meeting lots of new, nice and interesting people and socialized nearly every evening in the Rodney Bay Marina. From five o’clock onwards other sailing families meet in the marina and there are lots of other children running around, keeping Julia and Carlos company. The weekend evenings were a bit noisy, if not to say loud. There are two villages on the island who host night street parties, known as “jump ups”, one of the village happen to be right in front of our anchorage. Yeah…..the noise at night was nearly unbearable and lasted till three in the morning, it felt like that we had anchored right in the middle of the biggest and loudest discotheque in a big 
city. In our guide book it says, “that tourist and locals alike enjoy the carnival atmosphere, where the pulsating heat of reggae and soca music permeates the air.” I can totally confirm that and Sven had the pleasure to experience it live. We were warned before that this is definitely not a place to take children, so I picked the short stick to go home with Julia and Carlos. I wonder if it is my turn next Friday!Today we went with a local bus to visit Castries, which is a big city nearby. Luckily the bus stopped right outside the Marina an
d it cost only EC$ 8 for the four of us. You have to divide this roughly by three to get the US dollar amount. In Castries 
we went to the big daily market. A variety of fresh vegetable and fruit greeted us and even though it was not the cheapest, we still indulged ourselves with fresh fruit and veggies. After a bit of sightseeing and a meal in the balcony restaurant we went home and feasted on our fresh fruits, yum yum! The rest of the day we spent swimming and relaxing on our JUCA!
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