A Day by the Sea

 Hello hello!!

Today was the ultimate relaxing day, I can't remember the last time I was so truly and fully at ease. We started the morning off slowly with some cuddles with Tiny in bed.

After breakfast we headed off to our first adventure of the day, cave exploring in Plemont. To get to the beach you essentially have to climb millions of steps down the cliffside. It was gorgeous making our way down, and you can bet that we triple checked we had everything we needed before going to the beach because there was no way I was going back up to the car until we were ready to leave haha.

It was so cool, you just walk right into the caves. I didn't bring my headlamp and things got a little bit dark so I kept more to the front of the caves, even though Jes assured me Jersey has minimal predators, I wasn't taking any chances! 

Cave exploring with Tiny was so much fun, he'd jump right into the water and splash about. He loved rolling in the sand and using the barnacles on the rocks to scratch his back and sides. I guess it's nature's brush wall to him.

Also, knowing we'd be spending the day at the beach with a dog, I put on my comfy shirt Jes made for me years ago with the English swear word impossible for me to say. I often go out in America with the shirt not even thinking twice, but I did regret my outfit choice today when there were lots of families and little kids at the beach. Oops! 

We carried on exploring and even found a little waterfall. 

And a giant puffin sculpture!

After a well earned lunch break and hike back up to the top of the cliffs from the beach we made our way back to the Jersey Pear for our free pot of tea...only to really need the caffeine and order two oat milk lattes instead. I'm really loving that Jes' new favorite drink is an oat milk latte too! We've definitely influenced each other haha. After coffees we walked around the shop looking at all the jewelry, learned about pearl grading, and Jes showed me her favorite Tahitian pearls. They were stunning, and the rarest ones of course. I on the other hand was absolutely enamored by this replica for Princess Diana's pearl dress. 

We then made our way to the lighthouse which had lots of old WWII structures, like this radio tower and bunker. I accidentally gave the woman below me a fright when I popped my head up jokingly to play peek-a-boo with Jes. 

You can walk all the way to the lighthouse only during certain tides, so we walked as far out as the path would let us and then turned around. I was not about to try swimming there! 

We then made our way to our third beach of the day for a swim with Tiny. This beach had the calmest waves, but not the warmest water. We put Tiny on a boogie board and swam out to sea. I was so impressed with his balance and we swam for an hour!

We finished our swim and went straight home for fajitas before doing a quick change to head to the island's only speakeasy, the Blind Pig. I found it hilarious that the two times we went out, we ended up at some version of an American Jazz bar, not that I'm complaining at all, I absolutely adore jazz. It was probably one of the more authentic speakeasys I've been to and had it not been for Jes I would have completely missed it! The door was hidden among residential apartments, and you actually had to go underground to get to the bar. We enjoyed the ambiance and delicious drinks. Before we knew it, it was 10:30 pm and we needed to head to bed because we have an early start for our adventure tomorrow! 

Sending you lots of love, 

Carolyn