More of a chill day today. We got up for breakfast buffet before heading over to the water sports area and fortuitously took the last half hour booking for a catamaran from someone else at the wedding who I guess was bored after their first half hour.
It was pretty fun. The catamaran was an indestructible version with pontoons made of kayak grade plastic, boom-less and only one sail control: the main sheet. Unfortunately I forgot to put an SD card in the GoPro and condensed water was apparent in the lens of our waterproof camera, but it was great sailing around with Dan and Janet. We went out kayaking and swimming after.
It was surprisingly busy actually because all the catamarans were booked up for the whole day and we weren't able to sign up for any snorkeling equipment because they were all out.
Oh the life. Just worrying about ourselves on the beach and wondering whether or not we'd make it in on time to make the end of the buffet.
We did actually. Dan and I got two delicious steaks in from the grill amongst other things.
Barcelo Palace definitely has a great buffet and I haven't even been to the dinner buffet yet. Some highlights are the grill where they actually have good cuts of meat like T-bone and ribeye, plenty of fish and tender chicken escabeche. No lobster or crab however, although that might be for dinner.
We walked over to the "mall" at the resort which is part of the Barcelo Colonial section, so the stores were arranged like a little Colonial outpost around a square. Expensive! Like Kyle warned us, sunscreen was like $30 a bottle, although there was a mini mart at the mall which was slightly cheaper.
On the way, we were randomly accosted by a hotel staff person forcing us to make chef hats and take a tour of the hotel kitchens. Because it was kind of random, we weren't entirety sure what we had agreed to do, and Shannon had less of a tolerance for sketch than I did. But it turned out to be really interesting and we got a glimpse of some of the backend workings of the resort. If anyone asks, the kitchen washes 71500 dishes a day just for the Colonial part of the resort.
Amazingly, it was time to eat again, as we had reservations at the French themed restaurant La Brasserie. Another delicious restaurant with tasty lobster cappuccino, escargots, shrimp salad and surf n turf. The company was great too as we ate with Dan and Janet again, and Jason Scott, one of Kenny's groomsmen.
Pretty tired after dinner, we just relaxed at the pool before going to bed.
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