Last week, we went on a cruise with Brian and Michelle. We had such a fun time. We ate LOTS of yummy and beautiful food:
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| Home away from home: The Palms Dining Room! |
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| Michelle trying escargot. |
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| Oh, the desserts! |
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| One must cleanse one's palette. |
We had fun dancing- especially MIchelle. She and Brian are AMAZING swing dancers. They stole the show. This is Michelle in the Disco Nightclub.
I don't have pictures, but I think our funnest evening was one spent up in the pool near the spa on deck. We went up in the evening after dinner, and I think they forgot about us. They close the front of the boat every night for safety reasons, but I think they forgot we were up there. So for over two hours we had the pool and front of the ship to ourselves. We swam and sat in the hot tub and looked at the stars and the ocean. It was just wonderful! When we came down, it was all roped off and they looked surprised to see us.
We stopped on three beautiful islands:
The Princess Cays
Curacau
On Curacao we hired a taxi to give us a tour of the island, including Hato Caves.
Iguana Soup anyone? They say it's delicious and tastes like . .. you guessed it!
Hato Caves
View from the very high bridge.
Curacao is one of the most colorful places I've ever been. Our taxi driver told us that everyone paints their house a new bright color each New Year's Day to bring them good luck in the next year.
Aruba
This is supposed to be voted the 2nd most beautiful beach in the world.
This tree is famous in Aruba. It's just out there in the middle of the ocean. It's been blown almost flat by the tradewinds., but it still lives. I think there's an object lesson in there somewhere!
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| Ice Carving demonstration |
A passenger had to be taken off the ship by helicopter- a medical rescue. It was amazing to watch as the helicopter just hovered near the ship for about an hour. They first dropped a Coast Guard guy who then strapped in and sent up the patient, then the spouse, then he went up. It was pretty amazing to watch.
The sunsets were beautiful.
When we got off the boat in Ft. Lauderdale, we took a tour of the Everglades on a really noisy boat. We saw alligators in the wild.
This guy is on a television show on Animal Planet where he works with alligators. He was pretty fearless.
We went to a nature preserve called Flamingo Gardens.
We had such a wonderful time! Thanks, Brian and Michelle!
6 comments:
Fun!!! We used to live 5 minutes away from Flamingo Gardens!!! How fun!
What a fabulous trip. I loved all your pictures. You look so pretty Kay and that last picture of Brian and Michelle is awesome. I hope you waved to Taylor as you sailed by.
Thank you, thank you, thank you for a wonderful time! It was so fun to re-live the trip through this fun post. You got some great pictures! You are so good at capturing the culture - the interesting details of each place. Those peacocks and other birds are awesome! It looks like you used your time well before your flight left Ft. Lauderdale. We will treasure these happy, happy memories! Thanks so much!
What beautiful pictures! I feel like I got to go on the trip with you now! I loved seeing all the places you went, some of the amazing food you ate, hearing about the activities (that pool night sounds amazing), and seeing the people I love having a good time. I love that picture of you and dad in front of the boat at Princess Cays. And all 4 of you look so stunning on formal night. Thanks for sharing. I needed a little "trip" tonight. :)
I am so glad that you had a wonderful cruise! You have posoted so many fun pictures!
That cruise sounds fabulous! And to be with some of your kids makes it even better! I really enjoyed looking at all of your pics - you got some great ones!
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