Sailing the Windward Islands

Even though Bas-Du_Fort was a nice place, we thought Debra would like Les Saintes. It was only three hours away. And it would be a idealistic anchorage to start the trip. When Phil and I did the trip North, it was blowing 24kts and the boat was doing 9.8kts. Now with Debra aboard, the winds were about 7kts and the boat was doing 3.5kts. Even Debra was getting a little antsy to go faster. We finally made it back to Terre-Du-Haute. After anchoring, first step, WiFi. Okay, really the second step. We knew that we could connect with Hot-hot-hot-spot for US$10-a-day. But Debra spotted a place on shore with FREE Wifi. Off in the dinghy we went. The place is called Sole Mio and it's right on the beach. Now the negotiations began. Debra says that we aren't buying drinks unless we get the 'code' for Wifi. The owner says he won't give the code until we order. He had too many times people from Pointe-Au-Pitre come in and get the code and don't order drinks or food. Who is going to win? The place was too nice, so we ordered drinks and Debra got her WiFi code. Everybody wins. The owner didn't speak English, but he told us his wife did. But we tried and he helped us with our drink order. Mine was easy, Vin-Du-Rouge. But I was still trying to learn more French. So after I finished my red wine, I asked him how to say 'one more'. With all the stupid gender things for French, it seems that even ordering another round is gender based. So to order another glass of wine is "Un Autre Verre". But to order another bottle is "Une Autre Bouteille". Easy! The sunset was starting. So out come the cameras. Even through we see fantastic sunsets all the time, we still take pictures. What I found surprising is the restaurant owner, when the sunset started brought HIS camera out and took pictures. You would think that having a restaurant on the beach that he would be tired of Sunsets. BUT NO!!