"In the mist of the sea there is a horned island/with deep green harbours"
~ Derek Walcott, Nobel Laureate who is from St. Lucia

St. Lucia is a mountainous island country in the eastern Caribbean. Two of its famous peaks are the Pitons: the Gros Piton and the Petit Piton. (Would you guess that Petit Piton is the taller one? It is. But Gros Piton is more broad.) The two Pitons are linked by the Piton Mitan ridge. At the top of this ridge, is the Ladera Resort, where we will be staying during our honeymoon. Ladera is perched 1,100 feet above the sea with a view of the Piton Bay. One of the fun features of Ladera is that the rooms only have three walls so we will not have a wall between us and our amazing view of the Pitons and the Caribbean. Cool, huh? We're looking forward to lounging in a private plunge pool in our room and enjoying the view, Oh, and since we are missing the fourth wall, Ladera leaves water guns in the rooms so we can chase away visiting birds.

For a bit of history and the answer to the question, "English or French?" we did some research about St. Lucia. The first known inhabitants of St. Lucia were the Arawaks, who are believed to have come from northern South America between 200 and 400 A.D. A few hundred years later, Caribs replaced Arawaks. Europeans first landed on St. Lucia in either 1492 or 1502. Later, the French and English fought over St. Lucia, with control of the island changing fourteen times. As a result, it was known as the "Helen of the West Indies." The British took control of the island in 1814. St. Lucia gained full Independence in 1979. English is the official language, but most people speak a from of French patois.