The weather on this cruise has certainly played its part in what we have done and today was no exception. On our sail in we had beautiful blue skies but were not surprised to see the island covered in clouds. The forecast the previous night was 71F and sunny but this I think was a little optimistic.
After breakfast we decided to catch the free shuttle into town and go for a walk. Our shuttle bus stop dropped us a good 10 minutes outside of the town which I thought was really odd as there are loads of places where the stop could have been placed near the beach.
As we walked the clouds dissipated and for the first time on this cruise the weather was really nice, we managed to walk up to the Aqua Park before turning round to head back, stopping along the way for some liquid refreshment along the way.
A this point thought that we should go back to the ship and make the most of the weather and the fact the ship would be quiet but as we were making our way back the clouds started to appear again and by the time we arrived back at the ship it was overcast again.
We spoke to a local man on our return leg as there were loads of huge puddles everywhere and we were curious as to when it had rained so heavily, he told us that the weather had been bad for the last 20 days or so and it was very unusual for it to be like this. I guess we have just been really unlucky on this cruise with the weather, it hasn’t stopped us enjoying it but it has had a major impact on what we have decided to do.
Tomorrow is a sea day and fingers crossed that the winds have died down and that we get a calmer passage back to the Mediterranean.