Princess Cays

Oh yeah! One of the best parts of cruising is the food. No cooking, no dishes, no cleanup for us. Instead we pull ourselves up to the table and place our order. Or if you don’t want to sit for 1 ½ hours you can visit the buffet with its miriad of choices.

Last night we sat with two older couples. It was intersting conversation about all the places they’d been and how many times they’d been around South America. One lady was in a band and a bit of a comedian.

I had a divine goat cheese souffle for a starter, then scallops with some vegetables for the main course. I can’t forget the strawberry thyme granatta between courses… desert was a simple creme carmel.

There will likely be ‘more of us’ by the time we roll off the ship.

Or maybe not. We’ll certainly have huge legs from walking up countless flights of stairs.

We hung around for sail away before supper. There was a band playing - it was really rocking up at the top of the ship, and not from waves.

After supper we hung around until it was time for the show to start. It was a production number called Sweet Soul Music and was very entertaining. The dancers were great and some of the singers, fantastic.

This morning we slept in and had a leisurely breakfast at the buffet. Then we slathered ourselves with sunscreen and crammed into our bathing suits for a trip to the beach. We were a little late getting going and I lamented that we’d never get loungers in the shade. Well, we were lucky and found two lonely chairs under the shade of a giant leafed tree. It was a good, deep shade. It wasn’t long before a group of ladies were hauling chairs to join us in the precious shadow. They were a fun bunch so we had a good time.

Twice we wet ourselves in the Carribean, bobbing in the coolish water and dragging our feet in the sugary sand. The water is a beautiful turquoise. Again, like last year, I wished I had a waterproof camera.

I bought a sarong from a little shop - it seemed like a great thing to wrap around myself when getting out of the shower or just lounging around the room. I’ll be able to use it at home too.

It’s 2pm now. We’ll hang around in the room for a bit, go for a walk around the ship, then dress up for supper. The show tonight is BeatleMania.

I miss all the pets, but they seem so far away - they barely exist in this strange dimension. I’m less stressed this trip, partially because I have FB messenger available and Pat is letting us know what is going on at home.

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hurry up and wait

Travelling is like stepping into another dimension. From the moment we loaded our suitcases into the car on Saturday morning it was a blur of hurry up and wait. It was clear that we’d left our home dimension and were now in an alternate dimension of hard seats, rushing, waiting, and discomfort. First line was to check our bag, then through the first level of security, then through security gates where I was chosen as the random passenger to step through the booth. Shuffle here, shuffle there, shuffle shuffle everywhere.

The flight was good but a little bumpy. For once I was glad to be a short person as we were crammed into narrow seats. The guy sitting next to me was well over 6’ and couldn’t stretch his legs out. The misery!!!

Once in Fort Lauderdale, we waited for an hour before the hotel shuttle showed up, and to make up for it the driver dropped Carm and another woman off at the giant wine store, while her husband and I were taken to the hotel. Wrangling 3 bags made me yearn for Carm’s bag to be a 4 wheeled model and not the old fashioned two wheel dragester. I managed though, but imagine that not one of the 100s of boy scouts in the hotel came to my rescue ;-)

The hotel was nice, but even though I was dirt tired, my brain would not slow down enough for me to sleep. I was unfortunately awake at 7am when the alarm went.

Now, we are in our stateroom, having gotten onto the ship at 11:30. We’ve walked around, had lunch in the dining room (medallions of beef tenderloin for me, salmon for Carm), had a swim, and are now waiting for muster. So far so good!