Our flight was scheduled for the evening, so after we checked out of Domaine de Robinson at Anse Noir, we drove to Fort-de-France to sightsee. We peeled off the freeway into a 4-level parking garage for Centre Ville. After figuring out where we were, we walked to the Fort St. Louis and to the large park adjacent to the Fort.
The Fort can be toured but we did not have enough time.
Statue of Victor Schoelcher in front of the Palais de Justice. Schoelcher was one of the only aristocrats to favor the abolition of slavery in the early 1800s on Martinique. The Palais displays the familiar French motto “Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite.”
We briefly visited the Cathédrale St-Louis, noting the large interior with metal framework and colorful stained glass. The cathedral was rebuilt around the beginning of the 20th century after former structures succumbed to hurricanes and earthquakes.
A stand of palms in the large park “La Savane.” Strange to our eyes, to see palm trees in a park.
We accidentally found these wire sculptures of musical instruments at a music school and spied a local “playing” the piano.
Boarding our Air Antilles plane at FDF in Martinique. The flight was in the air for 15 minutes to get to Castries airport on Saint Lucia. However, the traffic in Fort-de-France was terrible; about an hour to drive the 5 miles from downtown to the airport!
After arriving at SLU and clearing immigration and customs (we are pros at this by now), we had an hour and a quarter drive down the west side of the island to our resort in Soufriere.
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