Thursday, February 27, 2014

2/26/2014
Dear Mishka

Up early for snorkeling at Champagne Beach. An hour away on twisty windy trails (you should be proud, I didn't puke there or back!). The faculty spouses group. I'm a lot younger in age but oh well.

It was really beautiful and we all went right in. Matthew even put on a life vest and paddled out into the ocean. I was SO PROUD of him, he said it was no big deal since he had the vest but you and I know different. And this was the ocean, not the Huron River in a canoe.

It was beautiful... fish, coral, all sorts of life.... and then the fun part. The champagne. Remember I told you once Dominica was a volcanic island? Still is. Gases beneath the plates build up and are released from below between crevasses below and flutter up to the surface like champagne bubbles. You swim through these beautiful things, feeling them brush your face and hearing them in your ears. This was quite far out but Matt was there beside me. No flippers or snorkel, but his mask on and paddling away in his vest. Mishka, I was swimming in a glass of champagne with bright blue and yellow fish swimming by. If this isn't a world meant for you I don't know what is


On an offside, I should mention that our first day/night we went to a local eatery/restaurant called Tomatoes. Girlfriend, I have traveled the US, England and Scotland and have discovered that on a still developing island, in the far edge of the Caribbean, in a little open air place on campus, is the the best cheesecake I have ever had in my entire life!!!! I am not joking, this was beyond anything I thought cheesecake could be. So rich it would drop Dominic in one bite. Come on, swimming in Champagne and eating cheesecake? I'm still waiting for the breakdown. Maybe on move in day..

Love
The Blonde




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