Then began our experimentation with going somewhere warmer for a winter vacation.
In 1979 we went to St Vincent, an island nation in the Caribbean. First we stayed at Young Island, a resort that was a 5 minute ferry ride from the main island. After that we went to a remote Grenadines island resort, Palm Island. Our room was right by the water. I went sailing on a SailFish and among other things capsized (pretty easy to right it) and also got caught in a current and thought I might end up who-knows-where, but I managed to deal with it.
rsc) parents had stayed at. There were lots of birds there. It featured afternoon tea on the terrace and the feeding of the Motmots. 1982 was a winter trip to Portugal. Lisbon and various other places including in the mountains near the the Spanish border. I remember arriving at our hotel very early in the morning where we able to checkin. After a brief rest I went out on the streets and quickly came back to get Robert - claiming something like there was a lively city there.
1984 was a trip to Bermuda in April. One of the features of Bermuda is that it is a mere 2 hour flight. On the day we left there had been a snowstorm (not in Boston or Bermuda) and we were told our plane would leave about 2 hours late. We got to the airport pretty early and then found that it was going to leave at least an additional 2 hours later. On the way home there was a bomb scare that required an emergency landing, evacuation of passengers and luggage. Nothing was found, but it was like a 6 hour flight as had been our flight there. Bermuda was somewhat formal - most of the restaurants required ties and jackets which we hadn't brought but they lent us some.