Caribbean Sea
On Board the MS Royal Princess: Day Seventeen
Bridgetown, Barbados
[NOTE: I’ve grown weary of writing the usual bullshit narrative; so I’ve decided to dispense with it and present the raw notes I took on my iPhone instead.]
![The Parliament building in Bridgetown, Barbados.](http://www.wolffchronicles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/20151106-01-300x212.jpg)
![Fields of sugarcane in Barbados.](http://www.wolffchronicles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/20151106-02-300x193.jpg)
![Looking up at the branches of a Royal Poinciana tree.](http://www.wolffchronicles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/20151106-03-300x200.jpg)
![The ruins of an old sugar mill outside of the Foursquare Rum Distillery in Barbados.](http://www.wolffchronicles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/20151106-04-184x300.jpg)
![Idyllic painting of sugarcane fields, planted and harvested, to make rum.](http://www.wolffchronicles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/20151106-05-300x200.jpg)
![Inside the Foursquare Rum Distillery.](http://www.wolffchronicles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/20151106-06-212x300.jpg)
![A copper pot still in the distillery.](http://www.wolffchronicles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/20151106-07-203x300.jpg)
![The smokestack outside of the distillery.](http://www.wolffchronicles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/20151106-08-168x300.jpg)
![Barrels of rum at Foursquare Rum Distillery.](http://www.wolffchronicles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/20151106-09-300x200.jpg)
![Bottles of Foursquare Rum on the shelf and ready to be drunk.](http://www.wolffchronicles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/20151106-10-300x264.jpg)
![Recently planted field of sugarcane off the side of the road in Barbados.](http://www.wolffchronicles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/20151106-11-300x182.jpg)
![Homes in the Barbados countryside.](http://www.wolffchronicles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/20151106-12-300x143.jpg)
![Sign outside of the Mount Gay Rum Bottling Plant (the distillery is on the northern part of the island).](http://www.wolffchronicles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/20151106-13-259x300.jpg)
![Portico outside one of the buildings at the bottling plant.](http://www.wolffchronicles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/20151106-14-300x200.jpg)
![Outside of the Mount Gay Rum Bottling Plant.](http://www.wolffchronicles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/20151106-15-300x213.jpg)
![The original Mount Gay pot still from 1760 AD.](http://www.wolffchronicles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/20151106-16-211x300.jpg)
![The different types of rum produced by Mount Gay that were available for tastings.](http://www.wolffchronicles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/20151106-17-300x185.jpg)
![Mount Gay Rum Tricentennial Selection, a limited edition, premium rum created to celebrate the tricentennial of Mount Gay Rum.](http://www.wolffchronicles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/20151106-18-189x300.jpg)
![The port at Bridgetown, seen from the MS Royal Princess.](http://www.wolffchronicles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/20151106-19-300x127.jpg)
![Three other cruise ships docked at the harbor in Bridgetown, Barbados.](http://www.wolffchronicles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/20151106-20-300x133.jpg)
-woke up at 08:25, showered, dressed, exited the ship just after 09:00
-bus to terminal building (it’s a large port and you can’t just step off the ship, walk to the end of the pier, and be in the city within a few minutes like most of the other islands I visited on this cruise), exited the terminal, found appropriate tour bus, found a seat, waited to begin at 09:15
-drive through Bridgetown (oldest building, parliament, Trafalgar Square, one of two bridges that the town’s name comes from), past sugar cane fields, to Foursquare Rum Distillery
-tour of distillery and tasting of 3 types of rum and 1 liqueur
-back on bus and to Mount Gay bottling plant (distillery is on north part of the island)
-started at visitor center with rum punch, toured bottling facility (no photos), watched a video on the history, tasted 3 types of rum, walked to bar adjacent to gift shop and tasted silver rum and kuba liqueur (like a mix between eggnog and Baileys)
-back in bus and back to ship
-lunch at Horizon Court: salad, broccoli, meatballs, seafood lasagna, fish skewers (with slices of bell peppers and onions), iced tea; then a coffee
-finished watching ‘Entourage’ – somewhat funny, certainly the best comedy they have available on this cruise ship
-relaxed in room and started watching ‘Far From the Madding Crowd’
-took a short break for a cup of oolong tea and a cup of earl grey tea
-finished watching ‘Far From the Madding Crowd’
-dinner at Horizon Court: Italian night: ravioli stuffed with spinach and cheese, gnocchi, meatballs in marinara sauce, eggplant and mushroom lasagna, cheese tortellini, fried balls stuffed with meat and rice, salad (made with sun-roasted tomatoes, croutons, and balsamic vinaigrette), iced tea
-dessert: coffee and chocolate chip cookies
-back to my room to relax, started watching ‘Lambert and Stamp’
-watched the disco deck party on deck 16 from 21:15 to 22:20
-grabbed a cup of English Breakfast tea from Horizon court
-back to my room to watch some more of ‘Lambert and Stamp’
-had 4 Guinness beers, 2 Blood and Sand Cocktails, and 1 Piña Colada at Club 6, talked with the Canadian real estate man some more
-went to bed around 02:00