Day 4 - Tuesday December 17, 2013:
Today,
we all got up late (10:45 am?) and missed the buffet breakfast altogether! But, I remembered that there was a
continental breakfast from about 10:30 to 11:30 am and we were able to just
make it to that. Brent had gone out the
previous evening and I spent the night with James so that he wouldn’t be alone. That
arrangement has been working really well for us. Dave, meanwhile, would have his king bed in
our suite all to himself, a fact he did not argue with anyone about.
After
our continental breakfast, we decided to use one of the other numerous swimming
pools around the resort. It was sunny
again, as usual, but we got some regular lawn chairs and loungers under an
umbrella. We still have to pay close
attention to the intensity of the sun, but it was okay today. We did not overdo our sun exposure.
I
had made another appointment at the Health Spa, this time for a pedicure. Pedicures are nothing new to me, but I had
not been planning to have one here in Jamaica.
However, I decided that, due to being on vacation here, I needed to
pamper myself and not think about doing it when I get home to Canada. Again, it was Donna who did my pedicure and
she did such a great job that I tipped her $10US again. I also made a third appointment for a full
body massage. This entails having a
sauna if you wish, and then having a full body massage, front and back, by a
professional female masseur, with the use of deep body hot oil moisturizer,
scented candles and soothing music. It
felt so good yesterday, I’m going for another massage on Thursday this week!
We’re
going to La Bella Vita later tonight,
the Italian-cuisine restaurant that we made a reservation at yesterday. Our seating time is 8:00 pm, which is a lot
later than we are used to having dinner, but it was the only time that was
available to us. To attend this
restaurant, we have to sort of dress up.
Men have to be dressed in trousers or dressy shorts and a shirt with
sleeves. Women should be in a dress or a
skirt and blouse. Proper shoes are
required. While the dress code is not
exactly formal, we must be dressed like we are going to a nice restaurant, not
a fast food place. I’m told the food is very
decent. We all like Italian food (pasta,
bread, salad, etc.) so it should be fine – we’ll find out later on.
Brent
doesn’t know yet whether he’s going out or not after dinner is over. He said the last two nights, he just spent
his evenings at one of the bars downstairs at the resort. The bars are open until 2:00 am, but you can
drink as much as you want – the booze doesn’t cost anything extra. He came back by 4:00 am the first night and
by, I think, about two-ish, the second time.
I didn’t care; I was watching TV while James slept, and when I was tired,
I went to sleep too. But, Brent had to
crash on the living room couch, which was okay except for the fact that there
were no blankets or sheets for it and he forgot to ask the maids for some extra
ones. However, I think he was too drunk
or too tired to care by that time.
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