Friday Funday

 This place has some things in abundance- sunshine, water, food and drink, opportunities to walk. We took it all in today.

Today, like every day, started with coffee in our room. This Jamaican Blue is wonderful. I priced it at the gift shop. $56 a pound. 😳

Breakfast at the buffet at Mario's. Another food trough of choices.

           Ricky had an omelet he customized

I really like the vaulted ceilings and castle-like decorations.

As we sat waiting for De Bus, I checked out all the advertised island tour opportunities. 

This desk is set up at the entrance to the Italian Village 

                              Pirate lore

Our first stop after breakfast was back to the room to change. Then down to Iguana's Pool to get wet. From there we struck out adventuring.

We stopped by The Dive for a drink, then down to the beach.

Ricky identified these as plovers looking for sand fleas to feast on.

After the beach we took a hike up the Italian Pool, moving toward the Pirate Island waterpark.

       Continuing our walk to the water park

         You can see The Lazy River in the         background. We made two trips. 😄

                              Ice cream!

The grown-ups were flocking around the Curls and Swirls ice cream truck.

From the water park we ambled over to the pool in the French Village. Then I made a trip back to our room for more sunscreen and Copenhagen. 

After a few hours at the pool in the French Village, we walked back to eat a late pizza lunch at Bella Napoli. Then more time in Iguana's Pool.

The Street Party was the "big ting" tonight.

We checked it out and decided to go to a calmer place to eat. It was hopping with loud music and a large crowd. 

We caught a golf cart ride and headed down De Tunnel to Key West Village.

I'm amazed they dug a tunnel under the Italian Village to create a shortcut.

We landed at Bayside Restaurant for the buffet.

Ricky didn't have an appetite, but I enjoyed my meal and sunset view.

Interesting dessert. Omani. It was an apple dumpling dish.

           Croquant choux. It was good. No idea what it was though.

We would have loved to hear this live music with the ocean waves in the background. But a wedding party nearby was blasting music. They won the unfortunate battle of the bands.