Jan 2

We squeezed into the dock at Georgetown, Barbados at 8:00am.  There were two mega ships and one small expedition ship at the dock also so the port terminal & town were crowded.  Since we had visited here several times in the past, we opted for a "discover Barbados" tour which went around the center of the island and to the east & west coasts away from the cities.  We had an excellent guide who gave us interesting history of Barbados and pointed out interesting sites.  It was mostly a ride & see tour with 3 planned stops.  The first was at a parish church originally built in the 1600s and rebuilt once after a fire and again after a monstrous hurricane.  The second stop was supposed to be at an Atlantic beach with some unique "mushroom" rock formations in the water.  It was raining so we just opened the bus windows to get some photos. the final stop was at a lookout point and a drink.  We had a ticket for a rum punch, a beer or a soft drink.  We tried the rum punch which wasn't very good.  We returned to the port and I went to a small bar / cafe just outside the terminal and had a local beer and a basket of very tasty flying fish fingers.  Flying fish is common in the markets & restaurants in Barbados and they are small but with a lot of flavor.  We returned to the ship and Pat had chicken wings at the pool grill and we watched the sail away from Barbados.  There was a Caribbean tea time, but the pastries didn't seem very Caribbean except for the rum cake.  There was a pre-dinner show in the Horizon Lounge with 2 of our headliner acts performing for about 45 minutes.  There was no show after dinner so Pat, again, increased her blackjack winnings and then went to Liar's Club (described in a prior posting.)