The birds wake you in the morning as the sun rises, a soft breeze passes through the shutters and I understand now why there isn’t any glass in the windows. This is the way to wake up in St. Lucia.
We are staying in the southern area of Soufriere, up high on a mountain overlooking the Pitons and the Caribbean. At night when the birds go to sleep you can hear the waves crashing on the rocks far below, during the day when the sun is high the bugs seem to take over the air waves but they haven’t come out of their hiding yet. Our boys are sleeping without misquito nets and haven’t had a bite yet.
The rain comes often in short, light mist and then disappears with the sun drying up everything in a few minutes.
The hummingbirds are everywhere, with gold finches, morning doves and songbirds that I can’t name.
The villa has an Italian/Spanish flare to it, and with the mountains so close it feels a little like Italy and Costa Rica rolled into one.
The gardner comes at 7 a.m. and I can hear his brooms sweeping the leaves off the front step. My son rushes out to help him feed the gold fish in the small fish pond beside the kitchen gazebo. At nine the chef comes to make us breakfast, she prepares dinner leaving it for us to cook. My husband and I like to make dinner together so it works out perfectly.
Yesterday we walked down the road to the beach, it was hot and beautiful. I dream about building a place like this with our boys in another few years…
If you are planning a vacation this is a beautiful place to relax and you can book it here: http://www.vrbo.com/289848
