Grenada was an add on stop since since 2 of the planned stops were cancelled. Grenada, yes there was a war there in 1983 and it seems president Reagan was forced to apologize to the English over the US involvement. We had a planned morning excursion then an island over view. Grenada is much more developed. The economy is based up spices and chocolate. We chose to tour the factories on our shore excursion. In the afternoon we had an island overview. This island was not as welcoming as many of the others. The standard of living seems more upscale on the whole. We were able to walk in the spice market and at 4:30 the shopkeepers were closing although our ship will be in port until 9:30 PM
We learned an immense amount about nutmeg, not so much from the factory but more from the tour guide. It is an amazing spice and the entire seed is used in processing to food stuffs. Grenada exports more than 20% of the worlds supply. Our factory tour of chocolate processing was interesting since tasting was involved. None of our tours were as good as the ones we did in Italy so overall it was a little disappointing
Back on the ship and dinner at the specialty Italian restaurant. We have met several people on board during meals. Everyone is super friendly and it seems we all have the same concerns, that of poor air connections
I am catching up on the blog, since we are back and I have 1.5 hours estimated wait time at the DMV to get a new drivers license☹️
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