Once in Guadeloupe we had to pick Danielle’s mom, Claudette, at the airport of Pointe-à-Pitre the biggest city of the island. She’s coming to spend a few weeks with us and sail south along the Antilles. One would think that I am in big troubles having to live with my mother-in-law for weeks in 40 ft boat but don’t be compassionate for me too quickly; Claudette is probably the best mother-in-law a guy can wish for. She actually lived with us at our house the last three months before our departure helping non-stop to sell everything in the house and getting things sorted out. Without Claudette we just don’t know how we would have managed to leave on time last September. Therefore, we are actually pleased that she came and get some sun with us even thought this means squeezing our stuff on the boat even more to free up the guest room. We really didn’t think this was possible but we managed to do it. Of course, now don’t ask us to get a screw out of the storage room after that! .
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Guadeloupe, like all the islands in the area, is beautiful. We may not find the babes in very short bikinis walking on the beach that we saw in the ads when we were kids but this is a nice place nevertheless. Pointe-à-Pitre is actually quite a big city with tons of stores where we can find things that we are not used to see such as this hat and dress store where Danielle actually bought a hat. This is the beige one on the bottom right of the red dress. She could have been wilder and buy the red feathered hat on the mannequin but let’s not push it! Unfortunately, we didn’t spend too much time in Pointe-à-Pitre and we left the day after for a very nice sailing to Les îles des Saintes about 20 miles south of Pointe-à-Pitre.
