St Lucia Day 1: Recovering from travel day

Here is what we woke up to:

It had rained the night before and everything was sooo green.  We later learned that the island had been in a drought for several months.  The employees were so excited and dancing and singing out in the rain.  There were all kinds of tropical birds that sang to us every day. 

Breakfast in bed was delivered to our room.  It was soooo delicious.  They have the best fruits!  After breakfast, we went out to explore the resort.  This was our room from the outside.  We had the upstairs left two windows.  The people under us had their own private pool! 

Our room was at the top of a very big hill.  There were about four sets of these stairs we had to climb to get to our room.  Most time we just took the shuttle!!!

Since it was dark when we arrived the night before, we wanted to see what the resort looked like in the sun...except that it started raining again.  Just a light rain and only for a little while.  They the sun came out and it was beautiful.

This was the main pool overlooking the ocean.

The Pavillion was the place where we had buffet style breakfast and lunch.  At night they set the tables for dinner and served delicious food!

The beach was beautiful.  We enjoyed the sun while it was out and found a place to stay dry on the beach even while it was raining. 

After playing and napping on the beach, we went to our room to get ready for dinner.  We ate at the Pavillion.  The salads that I ate the whole week were the most delicious salads I have ever eaten.  Since I don't like seafood or steak, I ate a lot of chicken.  But it didn't get old, because at each restaurant it was different.  And it was sooo full of flavor.  Very much better than any chicken I have ever eaten in the States.  After dinner entertainment was a steel drum band.  They were awesome.  I got some picture, but they were on my disposable camera so I'll have to add them later.  What an awesome first day in paradise!!

Traveling to St Lucia

Our wedding reception was awesome!  Thank you to everyone who worked hard to make it all come together.  Matthew and I are lucky to have families that are willing to do so much for us!  We left the reception in the rain, and by the time we got to Dallas it had begun snowing!!!

This was the view from our room when we arrived at the Hyatt Regency at DFW.  We had all summer clothes since we were going to a tropical island, so we were a little chilly getting all our bags from the car to the hotel! 

Our flight Sunday was at 11, so we didn't have to get up terribly early.  We had breakfast and Meclizine (for motion sickness) and we were off to the airport.  That was the first time I have ever experienced airport secutity.  When I used to fly with Hoop Troop, we didn't have to go through all that!  It was like a Chinese fire drill....people stripping off belts, shoes, etc. and throwing everything in those bins.  Matthew had to go through twice...he forgot to take something out of his pocket, but finally we made it to our gate.  I HATE flying.  Hate it with a passion.  I'd much rather drive.  But since you can't drive to St Lucia, I didn't really have a choice.  Thankfully, the Meclizine worked and there was no trace of motion sickness.  Just a few nerves.  But God got us where we were headed safely! 

We touched down in St Lucia around 8pm, so it was dark.  And muggy.  And hot.  Nothing like what we left in Dallas!  I was a little anxious going through customs, but it was no trouble.  Once we'd claimed our bags, (they all made it at the same time we did!) a shuttle, our should I say van, loaded us up and took off toward the resort.  An hour away.  Along the west coast of the island.  With the curviest roads I've EVER been on.  So glad that the Meclizine was effective for 24 hours.  Otherwise I would have been miserable.  It was dark, so all we could really see of the island were the lights and the banana trees along the side of the roads.  We were glad to finally arrive at Sandals Regency around 9pm.  They brought us inside and checked us in.  Our room was beautiful!  It was the lowest room level they had, so I can only imagine what the higher level rooms looked like. 

Since we hadn't really had a chance to eat all day, we headed to Cricket's Pub for a very late dinner.  All they were serving by that time were burgers, which was fine!  We ate and went back to the room to crash!  What a long day!