“The Spice Island” & The land of RUM!The last stop on our 7 day cruise adventure brought us to Grenada. Grenada lies at the Southernmost top of the arch formed by the islands of the Lesser Antilles’ Grenadines. Spice aromas fill the air of the tropical gem.
Like many of the neighbor islands, Grenada is volcanic in origin, endowed with lush green mountains and spectacular white sand beaches, and was “discovered” by Columbus. It is somewhat ironic that he never actually explored the islands on his third voyage in 1498. Of all the Caribbean islands he visited, Grenada best approximated Columbus’ original goal-to open a source of spices to Europe by sailing west instead of east.
We had some shipboard credit to use up so I put my husband in charge of selecting the excursion. His choice was a visit to Fort Frederick, a tour of a Rum Factory, followed by a brief visit to a beach.
Like a lot of these Islands there really isn’t much to do when you get off the ship to keep you interested. When you get off the ship here you are swarmed by the “pressure” of buying whatever it is the Islanders were trying to sell you at that time. Mostly spices. In fact they grab you and even though you tell them you are working with a precious older lady named Maryanna. (Terry keeps is promises) they don’t care. So I am so glad we went off the beaten path for the day.
Three stops doing three different things is really not my favorite part of this stop, but it sure made for some good memories to look back on…plus the people we met on this excursions where so much fun it made the long waits bearable!
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