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<\/a><\/p>\nAt one point during the journey, when I was fighting a moderate case of mal de mer, I could hear all the cans and jars in our pantry crashing back and forth, and the pots in pans in the cabinets doing the same. \u00a0Can you imagine taking your house out in to the elements and letting your possessions get bashed around for a few hours every few days? \u00a0That’s one of the main reasons that sailing is an endless game of ‘whack a mole.’ \u00a0Everything keeps getting bashed about until it breaks.<\/p>\n
Anyway, we are safe and sound in Antigua now, and here are some scenes from English Harbor. Lord Nelson was here for a number of years, and these buildings were here then as well. There is a small but well curated museum dedicated to Lord Nelson, that we enjoyed–no photos this time.<\/p>\n
We had lunch in this historic building that is now a hotel and restaurant, and were underwhelmed by our meal after a couple of weeks of food in the French islands. \u00a0However, I think that English food is unfairly maligned–we just had a bout of bad luck. \u00a0I’m sure we’ll have other great meals ashore here….we just didn’t pick the best place yesterday–charming spot though!<\/p>\n
English Harbor is<\/em> charming, isn’t it?–although life here in the 18th century certainly had a dark side. On one of the placards at the Nelson Museum I read that 40,000 English soldiers died on this island (over how many years?–the placard didn’t say) from minor things like heat stroke and similar maladies, often brought on from wearing layers of wool clothing in a tropical climate. \u00a0I couldn’t help think about the women and their corsets and their own layers of undergarments. \u00a0 This is part of the customs and immigration offices, where we checked in.<\/p>\n The quaint building on the left is still in use as sail loft. \u00a0I don’t know how long it has been in use because there is an even older site\u00a0where a sail loft used to be. \u00a0Next door is the even quainter building, with its whitewashed walls, cedar roof and pretty blue shutters. It is a shop full of carved wooden fish and turtles for sale and a good amount of pottery. \u00a0The fish were very tempting, but we didn’t buy one. \u00a0How to choose?<\/p>\n These columns used to support a building that housed another sail loft, in use during Nelson’s time. \u00a0Now the columns have been restored to enhance a beautiful garden setting for a local resort and restaurant. \u00a0I’m definitely giving this place a try in the next few days. I am confident\u00a0the meal will be as memorable as the setting….<\/p>\n …starting with cocktails right here! \u00a0I will have to have something thoroughly English, like a Pimm’s Cup or a G&T. \u00a0Bring it on!<\/p>\n With our friends Maureen and Bill (from Kalunamoo<\/em>), we walked out to one of the promontories on this end of the island. \u00a0There are a couple of defunct cannon here from the distant past\u00a0when this harbor needed protection. \u00a0I wonder if this tree was sapling back then.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n