Tinbergs on Tour

March 11, 2026 – Roseau, Dominica -Partly Cloudy - 79F

Port Information.  Roseau, located along the Roseau River, is the capital and largest city on the island nation of Dominica. The name comes from the French word for reeds, roseaux, which are found along the banks of the river. It was built on an ancient Carib village of Sairi and is the oldest city on the island.  The city, with a population of around 15,000 (city proper) and 25,000 (greater urban area), is located on the Southwest coast of the island (the population of Dominica is 66,000).  Island industries include agriculture (bananas and spices are grown here) and tourism.  The architecture is a combination of colonial French and modern.  The American Canadian School of Medicine is located on the island. The official language of Dominica is English but Dominican Creole is also spoken on the island and for a majority of the people is their first language.

We have returned to Roseau for the third time. The last time we were here was in December 2021 on board the Azamara Quest for a back to back Caribbean voyage.  That was one of our COVID cruises. On the first cruise, we opted not to get off at any port including Roseau.  On the second cruise it wasn’t optional.  COVID was all over the ship and no port would let us dock – eventually, Barbados let us anchor.  Everyone was tested and many of the crew wound up infected and isolated.  I still gave my lectures but at a distance.  It was a scary adventure but we did come out OK and not infected.

Here's where we are docked today. 

Bumpy night and for some reason I woke up achy with a little sore throat.  I am still on Augmentin so it’s not bacterial if it’s anything.  I went up to breakfast a little later (and also broke my consecutive shower in the morning streak) but still got a nice table.  I had my pancakes and cottage cheese combo along with their new and improved scrambled eggs.  The coffee and the view were nice.

We decided to cancel our kosher meals for tonight and take our chances with the standard menu so I stopped by the Reservation Desk to let them know.

I went back to the Terrace Café with Ellen, who had cream cheese and lox along with some fruit.  I had a bowl of Special K and a roll and butter.  We stayed on the deck until it was time for lunch.

The Café had fish and chips on the lunch menu so I had that along with some very tasty potato salad. I had the Forest Cake for dessert after removing the gelatinous frosting.  I couldn’t tell what kind of fish I was eating but it was OK.

The afternoon was spent on the shady side of open Deck 5.  The ship is docked in an industrial port so the view of that part of Roseau was not great.  The Jewel of the Seas got the nice berth close to town. 

We were treated to a nice rainbow which made up for some of the lack of view.

We had dinner off the menu in the Terrace Café.  I had Maria, the nice pasta chef, make me some Fettuccine Marinara (with some garlic) – it was good but it needed a lot more sauce (next time).  I also had (as did Ellen) the Tahitian Sweet Potato Soup (good).  We shared a bunch of little desserts and I had a roll with butter and decaf coffee (mandatory).

We watched the sail away from the veranda.

We stayed up on the veranda until about 8:30 PM and then off to Horizons. We stayed for the nightly, Brain Teasers trivia contest – Pedro, one of the singers was running the game – he has a wonderful accent (Brazilian) but you cannot understand anything he says. 

We decided to pass on the show tonight featuring Pianist Tim Brumfield, someone we’ve never seen before. The long gap between dinner and the show strikes again.

Lights out at 10:30 PM.