Spring has sprung!

Finally...spring is here in Michigan!  I hope!!!  Too cold and too wet this past week made waking up this morning to the beautiful sunshine a glorious thing!!!

I saw 10 baby ducks by the dock this morning, mama duck was so proud to show them off to me!  And the mama swan had a baby on her back last night, still sitting on her nest so more babies to come today!

Yes, true signs that spring is finally here!!!

Think I'll go out and enjoy this entire beautiful weekend (instead of all the things I should be doing inside!)

Happy Spring!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Miami bound...

As we make our way back to Miami, two days at sea, we are reflecting back on the wonderful month [5 weeks] we have had!!! It has been totally awesome and we can't wait to get back and see everyone and share all of our stories! The ship has been great...but...as they say...

THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Basseterre, St. Kitts, West Indies

Last and final stop, St. kitts! We decided to just walk and see what we could on this stop. First thing was a casino, yay for Dan, he will have somewhere to wait for me while I shop...

Bonus, free wifi! Great for looking at email, not so great for blogging...the wifi is just so slow it would not upload my blog posts...I'll have to wait to upload them when we are back in the states :( We found this to be an issue on board and in the ports, the wifi is very slow, so it was really only good for reading email...

So, I shopped for a bit, Dan played for a bit and then it was back on board...

Sad to be at our last port...we really like getting off the boat at the ports and seeing all the different islands...it sure is a different way of life and sure makes you appreciate what you have and the good 'ol USA!!! As I look around at all of these ports, I realize how much we take for granted, it really is quite humbling...

The Royal Wedding...

The ship is all a-buzz with royal wedding excitement! Well, to be honest, I'm sure it's mostly the women, as in my case, Dan could care less! Here is what they have prepared for us, there will be large screen TV's all around the ship!

Bridgetown, Barbados

Today we chose to go sailing on a catamaran in Barbados. It was a snorkeling beach adventure as well. This was a six hour excursion and it was awesome!

They took us to a snorkeling area that has sea turtles and we had the most awesome experience!!! I cannot tell you how cool this was!

By this time we had been in the water for some time and I hadn't seen Dan in a while...I was looking for him and two things came to mind...first of all Titanic, when they were all in the water (yes, at least these were live bodies!) and the second was 'where's Waldo?', geez, looking at a bunch of heads with snorkels and masks, none of which looked familiar! Gave up and went back to the turtles!

They also took us to a beach that was right where Tiger Woods was married....before he messed that up! Very cool looking place, very expensive, and he rented the entire place for his wedding...

They served us a wonderful meal on board...I was very impressed since the crew were all men, they did a great job!!

The food was specific to what is commonly eaten on the island...

It was a great day....a great time!

St. Johns, Antigua

Today (Tuesday) we arrived in Antigua. They say there are 365 beaches here, one for every day of the year! We decided to walk the town and do some shopping though, as we have been to so many beaches lately...

There were three cruise ships there including ours...lots of people, so it was fun milling around with everyone, stopping every now and then for a drink...

It was 80 degrees, but so hot, a much different '80' than what we are used to!

And then we saw this...no not that it was a bar, but the free wifi!! The fact that it was a bar was a bonus! We ran back to the ship, got my iPad and I was able to upload one post, but couldn't upload all of them, the Internet was too slow. We were able to check some email, but not all...

Well, I'll upload when I can...in the meantime, goodbye Antigua...heading south to Barbados!