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The Cruise

Whew...sure takes a while to get back into the swing of things once you've been away. I arrived back home on Saturday evening totally exhausted. I always forget how tiring travelling is.

We had a fabulous time. I sure would like to take this same trip again but with Ken this time. The ship was amazing, the service impeccable and the food out of this world. We opted for open seating and the buffet. It was a huge buffet with all kinds of fabulous things on it. I ate and ate and ate. Everything was scrumptious. I even had dessert every night. That's something that I don't do at home.

The tours were great. I think that the next time though that I'd just rent a local cab driver to take us around. We've done that a couple of times before and found that we always saw more and weren't rushed. The weather wasn't the greatest but that's ok. I was disappointed though that it rained on two of our beach days. We did get ashore to Grand Turk and the Bahamas and had a bit of sun before the torrential downpours. Yup...that much rain. When we were in San Juan we went to the beach at Magen's Bay which is rated one of the top 10 in the world. The beach itself was small but the water was amazing. I don't swim and rarely go in the water but I spent the whole time that we were there paddling around. Fabulous.

The entertainment on the ship was great. There was always something going on and every night there was a different show....magicians, comedians, dancers, etc. We always made sure that we went to that.

I wasn't feeling the greatest for most of the trip. I suffer from travel sickness. I thought for sure that I would be ok with the Bonine that I managed to get in the States before we left. I started out taking one, then two and then had to put my acupuncture pressure point wrist bands on. I found that keeping something in my stomach helped and as you know that wouldn't be hard to do!

I won't bore you with all of the details. I'll just tell you that we went to Grand Turk, San Juan, St. Thomas and the Bahamas and had a great time.

I'll try and post some photos as the week goes on.

Gail

OH...and my poor bird Sidney wouldn't come out of the cage the whole time that I was away. I called home and spoke to Ken and Sidney. Sidney went wild when he heard my voice. He also went wild when I came home.

It's here!

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Gail