TravelCaribbean FriendsKramer Wednesday morning, as Suzanne slept ../../../Sabbat/2005/01.05-12.05Tortola//IMG_1008 I considered the clothes ../../../Sabbat/2005/01.05-12.05Tortola//IMG_1009 and we made our way ../../../Sabbat/2005/01.05-12.05Tortola//IMG_1010 to breakfast ../../../Sabbat/2005/01.05-12.05Tortola//IMG_1011 where there was no herbal tea, just Lipton ../../../Sabbat/2005/01.05-12.05Tortola//IMG_1012 and the self portrait ../../../Sabbat/2005/01.05-12.05Tortola//IMG_1013 and self portraits ../../../Sabbat/2005/01.05-12.05Tortola//IMG_1014 ../../../Sabbat/2005/01.05-12.05Tortola//IMG_1015 came out well as the beach scene ../../../Sabbat/2005/01.05-12.05Tortola//IMG_1016 welcomed Seva and Peter ../../../Sabbat/2005/01.05-12.05Tortola//IMG_1017 in Peter's new shirt ../../../Sabbat/2005/01.05-12.05Tortola//IMG_1018 as Andrea ../../../Sabbat/2005/01.05-12.05Tortola//IMG_1019 appeared to assure us that there would be salt fish and johnnycakes as Peter ../../../Sabbat/2005/01.05-12.05Tortola//IMG_1020 audited his expenses before the salt fish ../../../Sabbat/2005/01.05-12.05Tortola//IMG_1021 and johnnycakes ../../../Sabbat/2005/01.05-12.05Tortola//IMG_1022 arrived though they did not evoke the expected reaction from Seva ../../../Sabbat/2005/01.05-12.05Tortola//IMG_1023 though my johnnycake ../../../Sabbat/2005/01.05-12.05Tortola//IMG_1024 was good enough to make up for the lack of granola or of a suitable substitute so I had French toast ../../../Sabbat/2005/01.05-12.05Tortola//IMG_1025 with rum butter ../../../Sabbat/2005/01.05-12.05Tortola//IMG_1026 once more. After some lounging ../../../Sabbat/2005/01.05-12.05Tortola//IMG_1027 at the pool ../../../Sabbat/2005/01.05-12.05Tortola//IMG_1028 and an attempt at a close up ../../../Sabbat/2005/01.05-12.05Tortola//IMG_1029 and a picture in bad lighting ../../../Sabbat/2005/01.05-12.05Tortola//IMG_1030 it was time to gather our possessions into our suitcases ../../../Sabbat/2005/01.05-12.05Tortola//IMG_1031 ../../../Sabbat/2005/01.05-12.05Tortola//IMG_1032 and carryons ../../../Sabbat/2005/01.05-12.05Tortola//IMG_1033 ../../../Sabbat/2005/01.05-12.05Tortola//IMG_1034 to take a few more pictures while waiting ../../../Sabbat/2005/01.05-12.05Tortola//IMG_1035 ../../../Sabbat/2005/01.05-12.05Tortola//IMG_1036 ../../../Sabbat/2005/01.05-12.05Tortola//IMG_1037 and to head into Road Town to the Mill Mall ../../../Sabbat/2005/01.05-12.05Tortola//IMG_1038 where the only attraction was the health food restaurant ../../../Sabbat/2005/01.05-12.05Tortola//IMG_1039 and then across the way to the Joshua J Smith Building ../../../Sabbat/2005/01.05-12.05Tortola//IMG_1040 and to Ganzee ../../../Sabbat/2005/01.05-12.05Tortola//IMG_1041 none of which produced the appropriate tokens of the trip. So, we followed the rules ../../../Sabbat/2005/01.05-12.05Tortola//IMG_1042 while getting gas ../../../Sabbat/2005/01.05-12.05Tortola//IMG_1043 and then flew off. In the shuttle on the tarmack at San Juan airport it took a few tries ../../../Sabbat/2005/01.05-12.05Tortola//IMG_1044 ../../../Sabbat/2005/01.05-12.05Tortola//IMG_1045 before we got this picture of contented travelers ../../../Sabbat/2005/01.05-12.05Tortola//IMG_1046 coming back from a vacation though I'm not sure that either picture of my meal ../../../Sabbat/2005/01.05-12.05Tortola//IMG_1047 ../../../Sabbat/2005/01.05-12.05Tortola//IMG_1048 or my meal with Suzanne's ../../../Sabbat/2005/01.05-12.05Tortola//IMG_1049 could ever show the harshness of returning to the food you don't want to eat and the weather you don't want to endure after a nice winter's trip to a warm place with good beaches.