"Timing, budget and desire had somehow aligned with five days to pause in paradise. Peeling back the foil on his airplane meal, Benjamin leaned over to see if I had made the wiser choice. I hadn't. Victoriously twirling his pasta, he asked, What are we going to do there? Pushing away my untouched tray, I closed my eyes. Sleep. That's what we're going to do. Sleep."
"During the 45-minute drive, we learned how the international airport was built and used by the U.S. Air Force during World War II to protect the Caribbean. We heard how St. Lucia changed hands 14 times, slipping through the fingers of the French and British until finally becoming a sovereign nation in 1979. I was slightly older than St. Lucia, meaning we could potentially be friends."
A travel-obsessed couple usually maximizes experiences and avoids returning to the same place, preferring active pursuits over lounging. They traveled to St. Lucia for five days with the specific aim of rest and recuperation after long workweeks and a hobby-turned-business. Extensive travel time and a red-eye flight added to their fatigue, so sleep became the primary objective. On arrival they asked their driver many questions and learned local history: the international airport was built and used by the U.S. Air Force in World War II, and St. Lucia changed hands 14 times before gaining sovereignty in 1979.
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