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dawnebethWe arrived on St. Maarten today--before we awoke, and yes, I did notice the ship wasn't moving when I got up.
We met Chewbacca! Yes, I wuved being hugged by him--he's quite tall and furry. I might have to give into my mental Han/Chewie stories.
Yesterday, took a half hour yoga class in the spa--more difficult than usual when the ship is pitching back and forth. About 45 minutes later, we had our pedicures looking out at the sunset over the sea. It was beautiful, and only the second time I have ever had a pedicure. I got purple toenails. Demelza got red nails on her right foot and mauve on her left. My one problem with the people at the spa are that they constantly try to get you to buy products. Both the yoga teacher did, and the nail ladies. The nail ladies were nice and fun to chat with until they brought out lotions and scrubs to sell. I said no with firm resolve.
We escaped with our beautious toes. We went to a restaurant that featured the fish, and turtles, from Finding Nemo. Crush the turtle would appear in the video screens near each table and talk to select people at the tables. Demelza was enchanted. She had a salad with apple slices and pasta bolonase--her favorite. I have a fantastic tomato-goat cheese tart, with much better crust than the mushroom-bacon tart on Saturday. Then a panko crusted pork chop. Honestly, I'm not much of a meat eater, so I mostly at a couple bites of pork and all the crust off the top. Tell my mom--she will never believe this--I ate almost all my asperagus! Then, the piece de resistance--a chocolate chip cookie sundae. That was awesome.
I'm still having a bit of trouble sleeping. I manage to fall asleep and then wake up in the middle of the night. Luckily, I do go back to sleep but I get totally sleepy midafternoon.
We went on a bus tour of St. Maarten, which was really interesting to hear about a small island with two sides. One side is primarily French speaking, the other is Dutch speaking. There are two of everything: police, electric company, schools, etc. The sad thing is that Hurricane Irma really damaged a lot of the place. Almost all the hotels on the French side are uninhabitable, and many, many houses. There are carcasses of cars and yachts half sunk in the ocean. I got sad, and then I could barely stay awake. We didn't buy anything except some sodas, and drank coconut water out of a real coconut.
Tomorrow is St. Thomas.
We met Chewbacca! Yes, I wuved being hugged by him--he's quite tall and furry. I might have to give into my mental Han/Chewie stories.
Yesterday, took a half hour yoga class in the spa--more difficult than usual when the ship is pitching back and forth. About 45 minutes later, we had our pedicures looking out at the sunset over the sea. It was beautiful, and only the second time I have ever had a pedicure. I got purple toenails. Demelza got red nails on her right foot and mauve on her left. My one problem with the people at the spa are that they constantly try to get you to buy products. Both the yoga teacher did, and the nail ladies. The nail ladies were nice and fun to chat with until they brought out lotions and scrubs to sell. I said no with firm resolve.
We escaped with our beautious toes. We went to a restaurant that featured the fish, and turtles, from Finding Nemo. Crush the turtle would appear in the video screens near each table and talk to select people at the tables. Demelza was enchanted. She had a salad with apple slices and pasta bolonase--her favorite. I have a fantastic tomato-goat cheese tart, with much better crust than the mushroom-bacon tart on Saturday. Then a panko crusted pork chop. Honestly, I'm not much of a meat eater, so I mostly at a couple bites of pork and all the crust off the top. Tell my mom--she will never believe this--I ate almost all my asperagus! Then, the piece de resistance--a chocolate chip cookie sundae. That was awesome.
I'm still having a bit of trouble sleeping. I manage to fall asleep and then wake up in the middle of the night. Luckily, I do go back to sleep but I get totally sleepy midafternoon.
We went on a bus tour of St. Maarten, which was really interesting to hear about a small island with two sides. One side is primarily French speaking, the other is Dutch speaking. There are two of everything: police, electric company, schools, etc. The sad thing is that Hurricane Irma really damaged a lot of the place. Almost all the hotels on the French side are uninhabitable, and many, many houses. There are carcasses of cars and yachts half sunk in the ocean. I got sad, and then I could barely stay awake. We didn't buy anything except some sodas, and drank coconut water out of a real coconut.
Tomorrow is St. Thomas.
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Date: 2018-01-31 02:53 am (UTC)Yeah, the upsells get really annoying after awhile. We went on a cruise last July and everywhere you turned, they were trying to sell you some kind of alcohol package or drink. Complete waste of time with me. The food can be hit or miss but I took advantage of being able to get something else if I really didn't like the first thing. To me it's all about getting out of the routine and going to new places and seeing new things and talking to people.
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Date: 2018-01-31 12:33 pm (UTC)All the ports have diamonds and expensive jewelry. This is the fourth cruise I have been on and I don't get that. Not why I go on a cruise to another place--to buy diamonds!
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