spices | Taking Our Time

Feb 18 – As nice as it is to swim and sit on the beach, there’s something to be said for exploring. We hopped a van to travel a few miles up the coast to the Carenage, the busy downtown area where the cruise ships dock.

Last week we were in St Andrew’s parish, now we are in St George’s.

Very hilly streets – see the cruise ship out in the harbor? There is a different ship every day.

You know we like cathedrals, so we stopped by the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception at the top of the hill…

…but they were celebrating noon mass, so we just peeked in and moved on.

Lots of the same baggies of spices at the tourist market. See the cinnamon sticks?

Plenty of hot sauces, nutmeg jam and rum

Jim’s chicken curry pie was huge, and contained four thighs, complete with bones. Don’t bite down hard!

We spoke with a German couple from the cruise ship. They stop at a new island every day.

Here’s the Grenada sign, partially obstructed by taxi drivers waiting for a fare.

The Sendell Tunnel connects the two sides of town. We thought it was for pedestrians…

…but it’s for car traffic too. A tight squeeze!

On the other side of the tunnel was the harbor…

Feb 16 – A 45 minute ride down from the hills in a packed van, followed by a 20 minute ride in a local van, got us to our next abode. The Bouganvillea apartments in bustling St. George’s, are just a block from beautiful Grand Anse Beach.

We have a kitchen here, and are near a grocery store, so we can be more in control of what we eat. I think we both gained 10 pounds eating Ingrid’s cooking! We’ll be here for our last week in Grenada.

The weather is exactly the same here on the coast as it was up in the hills; low of 78 and high of 82 degrees F every day. Ideal!