DAY 68--BARBADOS

                                   PALM SUNDAY

 We're docked at the commercial pier in Bridgetown, Barbados today from 8:00 am until 4:00 pm.  It is a lovely, sunny day with temperature of 87F but there is a 20 knot wind blowing so it is pleasant day.

                                       Our next port is at St John, Antigua tomorrow

        Barbados is in the Lesser Antilles of the Eastern Caribbean.  It is 21 miles long and 14 miles wide and lies south of the Atlantic hurricane belt.  Its 280,000 inhabitants are mostly of African descent.  It used to be a part of the British empire but is now independent.  Tourism is a major part of their economy but they do export some sugar.

What We Did Today:

        We did not take any excursions today.  We have been to this island several times, and besides to us, all the Caribbean islands look the same.  I did take the dock shuttle from the ship to the cruise terminal to do some shopping.  I got a T-shirt.  Working out this morning was easy as everyone was on tour.  Rebecca figured out that since the cruise began she has walked 225 miles on the treadmill.

        We had breakfast down in Compass Rose as on Sunday's they have caviar and champagne.  I had caviar but neither of us has champagne.  We had lunch up at the La Veranda buffet.  This afternoon I plan to sit out on our balcony and work a crossword puzzle as we sail in the beautiful blue waters of the Caribbean.  

        At 5:30 we will be going to an interdenominational worship service led by our cruise director, Jamie.  We are having dinner again tonight with Susanne.  I have asked the chef to prepare calamari for appetizer and veal parmesan for our entrees.  The show tonight at 9:30 in theater is featuring the comedy of Steven Scott.  Four entertainers left the ship today and two new ones came aboard.

 Ice carving at last night's "James Bond" cocktail party.  Carving of "007" and "machine gun".

 Got the fresh grill salmon last night.  It was soooooooooo good.  Also had baked potato and carrots.

            Every Sunday morning in Compass Rose they have caviar and champagne.

                                        Gideon from South Africa, was serving the caviar.

                                          Processed sugar comes here for exporting.

                                                           The "sugar shack".

                                   That sugar is taken via big conveyer and loaded on ships.

                                            The beautiful blue waters of the Caribbean

                                                       Bridgetown, Barbados

 This is cruise terminal.  I took shuttle (we're docked in commerical port so had to take shuttle from ship to terminal) to cruise terminal.  This is Palm Sunday so they said most of the downtown shops are closed today.  Most of the terminal shops were open though.

                                                                      WHAT!!!

                                                I found myself in "Lost and Found"

 The ship got some supplies today and they are loaded right below our suite.  The ship brought out some hamburgers for the 3 works who loaded stuff on the ship.

                                       This and following photos are of La Veranda buffet.

                                                               Bread pudding

                                                           I had some pasta.

                                                  smoked salmon, tuna, muscle meat

Here is the link of the photos I took on a tour back in 2012:

https://goo.gl/photos/znPDSyaQnwMWhrDg9