Day 3 Part I: Galle Fort Rundown

Another day … another town in Sri Lanka. Today was an early start to get in all the sights in Galle Fort before it was time for us to head our next “home”. Mike and I got up with plan to walk to a coffee shop for a double-shot of whatever they were serving and then a stroll around the fort to check out the ramparts and bastions.

Quick note: I didn’t know what either of those were so just in case you don’t either…. a rampart is the tall wall that surrounds the fort and a bastion is the part of the fort that “sticks out” (for lack of a better description) where fort-fighters (just made that word up because I’m pooped and can’t think of anything better) would post up with artillery and canons to blast away.

Lots to know about the Galle Fort so I won’t bore you with all of that (unless you are interested, then read away —> https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/451/) ! Fun fact though … it was founded by the Portuguese so Mike said it was kind of my land. 😂

Ok … so we have found (so far) that Sri Lankans are not morning people. Coffee shops don’t open up until like 8am! What in the holy heck?!? So Plan B was launched and we found an ice cream shop that also serves coffee (these are my people). Can you guess what happened next? ….. Yep! We had to have a scoop of the homemade mint chip ice cream. (Patrick would be proud… we had dessert before ANYTHING today.)

All juiced up, topped with the unnecessary diary treat, we made our way to the rampart and bastions to take in the sights. (Hard not to teleport back in time to wonder what it must be like to live during the times where canons were a thing around a fort! Heck … who wouldn’t want a canon to ward off a-holes? (I did tell Mike it’s a no-go to have a canon … for now. 😉)

A little toes in the sand and a Lion lager at a Condé Nast Traveler bar favorite … then that was that. Once all the shopping, ramparts, toes + sand was wrapped up, it was breakfast at the hotel and then packing up to head to our next stop … Dikwella (the “c” in the name is under debate).

Other highlights? Mike snagged a vacay hat (lady promised him it was the only one of its kind) and we snagged a few “rare” coins from a vendor off the street. Solid buys … both purchases. 💸

Part II of our Day 3 to follow …

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