Day 1
Well we have, once again, arrived in the islands. What a treat. This morning we departed from
Chicago, jumped through Miami, and landed in Turks & Caicos. Natives call in ‘beautiful by nature’ and
boy, it sure is.
Matt & Cassie greeted us as the airport and we all
squeeeezed into our rented ‘minivan.’
More like a Kia expanded 3 feet.
We quickly dropped our luggage at the condo and headed to the IGA to
stock up for the week. Us Blosl’s LOVE
to cook. So we take full advantage of
family vacations and make sure there are super duper kitchens to accommodate 6
people with knives. This year, I planned
ahead and printed some of my fave recipes.
So we all picked a few prior to heading to the grocery
store. Typically we go and it’s a
free-for-all and we end up buying 19 more snacks than necessary. But this year we were armed and ready with a
grocery list (progress).
I feel like Customs should warn you prior to landing in
Turks. WARNING: WE MARK UP FOOD TO
UN-GODLY PRICES. Seriously. My travel book told me ‘Manhattan prices.’
Ummm no. These are like
crème-de-la-crème-whole-foods-manhattan-PLUS prices. I honestly didn’t know a golden delicious
apple could be purchased for $2.50. We
were all so sticker shocked at the grocery store that we could hardly put
anything in the cart. $4 for a
cucumber! $65 for a case of bud light!
$18 for deli meat! It was just totally
unreal. However, we ARE on an island,
where importing is necessary. So, what
are you going to do? Ya know?
We headed back and cooked up some salmon with yogurt +
cilantro, greek orzo salad, and steamed broccoli. Put our feet up on the patio. And just relaxed. What a wonderful start to a vacation.
Day 2
Rise & shine came late today. Something startled me and 7:30 and I came
shooting out of bed. Soon to realize,
there is absolutely.nothing.to.wakeup.to. No dog.
No early meeting. No chores
around the house. Nothing. Back to bed I went until 9am. Alan brought me a cup of joe and I sipped and
watched ‘Devil Wears Prada’ from my pillow and it was SO delightful. When I finally decided to roll out of bed,
Alan’s mom & I went for a long jog around the area. Dune buggies full of laughing teenagers
zoomed past us (on the opposite side of the road from American driving!). Wild dogs barked at us. And the 80-degree sun soaked every ounce of
fluid we had from our bodies. But it was
a great kick off to the day and we got to drool at all the mansion houses in
our neighborhood!
We spend the majority of the day on the beach. Catching up.
Reading books. Soaking in the
sun. Doing everything that is mandatory
on my list of vacation activities. Alan
and I broke out the snorkel gear and found a star fish that was HUGE!!!! It was probably 12 inches wide and bright
red. Visibility was really bad under water today, because the current was
rough. But Alan tested out a new waterproof
camera and I am hoping that tomorrow I can post a video of us playing under the
sea. So, stayed tuned! For now, I just have a picture of the starfish,
so cool!
Leeward Beach
Mr. Starfish
Eventually, we journeyed to downtown Grace Bay. Just a mile up the road. Watched the sunset from the beach. The sand is like powder here. I just can’t believe the way it feels on your
feet. Doesn’t even seem like real sand.
Kristyn in the sunset
Appetizers @ Hemingway's Beach
Chef Blosl’s cooked up another great dinner. Steak w/ grilled mushrooms & Vidalia
onions, green salad w/ feta & apples, and green peppers stuffed w/ goat
cheese. One thing is for sure - I won’t
go hungry while I am here!
We played 2 round of blokus (that I, unfortunately, lost)
and started a puzzle on the patio.
Sigh. Now THIS is vacation!
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