Upon arriving in Guadeloupe, we are immediately greeted by a friendly young woman from Karibik Reisen who, funnily enough, is also from Freiburg — what a coincidence! We pick up our Clio and set out to find our hotel — it takes a little longer, but eventually we find it. Normally, it takes about 30 minutes to reach Sainte-Anne.

Our hotel is called Le Rotabas and is located just past Sainte-Anne, or more precisely, before Club Med and very close to a dream beach called Plage de la Caravelle, which we head to right away. After a relaxing afternoon at the beach, we meet our tour guide in the evening over one — or maybe two or three — glasses of wine, and she fills us with plenty of detailed information about Guadeloupe that we plan to put into action over the coming days...