Another slow start to our day, wind is up again so not going to rush to the beach. Plan is to buy rum and a t-shirt. Breakfast at Les Jardins around 10. Waitress wasn’t sure we could be seated and after asking in the back we were seated. We were the only ones in there. We enjoyed our quiet breakfast and enjoyed the little girl (3 years old) help her grandmother? set the tables for lunch. We felt like family! Parked the car and walked on St Jean beach by the airport, too windy to lounge there for the day. So off to buy some rum.
Thanks for the tips on the rum. I did buy a bottle of rum vanilla from M’Bolo a few nights ago and Sandrine was very nice to talk to. Their rum is white rum sourced from Guadeloupe and the rum vanilla is infused with vanilla bean for 3 months in the sun. Too late for Kevin’s advice on La Cave du Port Franc as I bought 3 bottles from the liquor store across from the airport. I found out that we are only allowed 2 liters per person through customs. We bought 7 yr. Bielle Vieux from Marie Galante, Guadeloupe; 12 yr. Trois Rivieres Martinique; and to ease it up on the pocket book a 7 yr. Havana Club. Off topic, but I am infatuated with Marie Galante and would like to visit this small island in the near future.
Time to get to the beach. Not crazy about the constant bass from Nikki and the ack ack from the demo on Eden Rock so we decided to chance the wind at Saline. Walking the path to Saline I asked a beachgoer as he was leaving how the wind was on the beach. Not bad! He reported that he was worse in the morning but has died down some now. He was right, we walked down to the left, kept our heads down!, and had a nice afternoon on the beach.
Home to shower & get ready for the evening. Stop in at Black Swan in St. Jean; buy the t-shirt I had been eyeing and off to pre-dinner drinks at Bonito. We enjoyed the time at Bonito very much, a beautiful setting and Joey the bartender is a happy soul. 7:30 dinner at Black Ginger, service is fast, food is good. Spring rolls, spicy green curry with beef for me, coconut milk, curry, mahi mahi for Sue. Chocolate mouse and rum vanilla to finish.
Time to check off another on my list of things to do in St. Barths. Rum tasting in the Rhum Room at Quarter Kitchen and Cocktail Lab. We walk in, tell the maître d’ we would like to visit the Rhum Room and he sits us at the bar while he checks to see if it is available. It is! We are escorted through the kitchen and enter the room as Thomas is putting his bartenders apron on. We have Thomas and the place to ourselves and enjoyed it all thoroughly. Thomas was very informative, we tasted so many varieties that there is no way I could keep track. Good conversation with Thomas about St. Barths along with the Rhum talk. Afterwards we take a walk around town, the drummers are practicing away for carnival again, and it’s time to get some sleep.
Our last day tomorrow, dinner at QG.