Christmas Cruise!!!! :o)

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Last post about 2008, and it's a great one!

As we didn't have the kids for Christmas week this year, we jetted off for some fun in the sun! After we finally relaxed from our travel (see post below), it was an absolutely amazing week. I'll give my run down, Robin may add more later. Use the links to see day by day pictures.

The first afternoon & evening were really spent getting aquatinted with our surroundings for the week, meeting our great waiter team, and settling in. Here are some pictures of us on day one and the lido deck as said good bye to Miami.

Our first full day was a day at sea. We didn't carry the camera for all of our basking in the sun, we did capture an amazing sun set over the water. That night also included our first formal dinner, which a minor time change almost caused me to cause us to miss. I would have never lived that down. My good friend, our waiter, Homer, saved the day, double lobster for anyone an hour late he said!

Day three brought us to an evening visit to San Juan, Puerto Rico. I haven't seen many cruise stops that dock at 5pm, but we did. It was fun too. While we may have turned in a bit early, we saw the area, found a great little restaurant, and did a little bit of shopping. The Bacardi tour we hoped to take didn't fill up, but the bright side is that gave us time to see the city and a reason to go back!


Fourth day and stop two was spent in St. Thomas. Beautiful area, and another that we put on the map for a potential return visit!. Intermixed in these pictures you will find pictures we took while para-sailing, some taken of us by the boat operators, and some that the para-sailing company preloaded for us from the island. Again, we shopped a bit and walked the main street area. Great story about having lunch with a young lady born and raised there, and meeting the most known officer in all of St. Thomas! Ask us sometime. You may also see a picture of us at www.coconutsvi.com, that was where lunch was. Also in the pictures of St. Thomas, you'll find Robin's next purchase, the yacht with that isn't complete without the hela-pad!

Day five, known throughout the rest of the world as Christmas Day. We docked at St. Martin, made a bee line for a beach we knew was close to the dock, and sat there all day. Spending a day like that doesn't really feel like Christmas, but it didn't feel all that bad either! What can we say, our White Christmas this year consisted of White Sand and a Pina Colada! Ok, the pictures speak for themselves, I'll stop bragging. Another yacht was sited, but no hela-pad this time, very second rate!

Day six marks the end of the cruise, a wonderful final sea day where the water was the calmest of our trip and the waiters knew just where to find us! During the day, we gave up resisting the crazy on board water slide and each took our turns. - Ok, I went twice! - And after dinner we took some final shots of the boat we called home and reminisced just a little.

A steady part of Carnival is the formal pictures. We took a bunch, only bought a hand full, but here they are to complete the full photo tour.

Our travel back was delayed a little bit, but it was just an ordinary airport delay, and didn't have the drama involved in getting there. Thanks to Kurt for getting us to and from the airport, and again, thanks to Mom for getting us there!