St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands – it’s day #2 of our 25th wedding anniversary tour and today we find ourselves still happily at the Ritz-Carlton on the island of St. Thomas.
This morning we enjoyed breakfast in bed, got a little work done on our Internet sites, and then relished in a wonderful couples massage on the beach. The photograph below shows you the view from our massage cabana.
After our couples massage we wobbled our way (noodle legs from the massage) back to the spa to enjoy a nice steam bath, and the peaceful serenity of the Ritz-Carlton Spa.
Refreshed and ready to enjoy the day, we traipsed about a half mile over to the Ritz-Carlton’s Coconut Grove Cove restaurant, and enjoyed a scrumptious blackened grouper sandwich. YUM!
As we were walking back to the main pool area, this iguana was sunning himself in the lawn. As I approached him, he raised up on his front legs as if to say, “not too close buster”.
Once again, we spent the bulk of the day lounging around the pool, reading books, watching people play in the ocean with kayaks, surf boards, wind surfers, snorkeling, and watched as the Ritz-Carlton’s large catamaran was shuttling people to various adventures out in the Caribbean.
For dinner we decided to venture off to the nearby town of Red Hook. Boy has this town changed since we were last here. Evidently some company came in and dredged the bay so that 100ft yachts could get in the harbor. This has significantly changed the landscape of this little town to where it now features some nightlife, and wonderful restaurants.
At the recommendation of an Italian gentleman that Carol was talking to in the pool, we enjoyed a wonderful Italian meal at Red Hook’s East End Cafe (soon to be renamed Pesce). We didn’t realize it until after dinner, but the Bartender of the Year for the whole Caribbean resides in this restaurant. He was sharing some of the amazing concoctions that he creates using specially designed chemicals. He described one drink called the lava lamp which somehow has frozen balls of some sort of alcohol bobbing up and down in your frosty glass. Sounds fun!
That was our day! Wonderful and fun-filled. But before I leave today’s article, I want to share with you the sunrise that I captured at 5:30 this morning from the Ritz-Carlton.
St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands – it is the first day of our 25th wedding anniversary tour of the Caribbean Islands, and we fully intended to spend our first day luxuriating around the Ritz-Carlton pool and soaking in some sun.
This is a photograph looking across the Ritz-Carlton’s infinity pool with the island of St. John in the background.
While sitting in my comfy lounge chair at the pool, reading Paul L. Maier’s historical novel Pontius Pilate, this iguana stopped by to get some sun as well.
After spending the whole day at the pool, we enjoyed dinner at the Ritz-Carlton’s casual Great Bay Lounge. We enjoyed sushi, and then shared a delicious preparation of fresh grouper.
After dinner, there happened to be a full moon so we concluded our evening with a romantic walk on the moonlit beach.
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We have been enjoying Paola and Christina Marrazzo’s gelato for quite some time and we figured it was high time we shared our little secret with our readers.
It seems that young Riccardo was suffering from asthma, and his Italian doctors suggested Arizona’s arid climate as a cure. Thankfully, Riccardo is now fine, and we now get to enjoy authentic Italian gelato straight from Milan!
Besides serving up Arizona’s best gelato, That’s Amore Gelato also features wonderful Italian cakes, pastries, latte, espresso, and delicious Italian style sandwiches.
Best of all, after a few visits, and you certainly will visit more than once, you will begin to feel like one of the family.
We absolutely love That’s Amore Gelato, and highly recommend it to your family as well.
That's Amore Gelato - Left to Right is Fabio, Paola, Riccardo, Rebecca, Christina, Cassandra, and Davide
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