Today is the day we have been waiting for. We were up fairly early and went down stairs
to have breakfast and read the paper.
Then it was back to the room and try and fit everything into our
suitcases. Last night we met several
people that we will be sailing with at the Lauderdale Grill. Met some very nice folks and had a nice
dinner. Afterwards we headed over to the
Publix grocery store for some supplies.
Our eyes were bigger than our suitcases.
Judi went back in and found some hot/cold bags and we used them for our
overflow. We took a cab over to the
restaurant and arranged for the same driver to pick us up. Nice young man, born in Haiti, but raised in
Florida. We found out he was a Country
and Western music fan. He told us about
his favorite singers and even turned on a Country and Western radio
station. I asked him if he ever
heard Patsy Cline, which he had not, so I played some for him off of my
I-Phone. He fell in love with her and is
going to get some of her music. We try and
provide culture wherever we go.
After stuffing our suitcases to the max, we took them
down stairs and waited for our ride to the port. It went very smooth at the hotel, but once we
got to the Port not so much. It took us
almost an hour and a half to get on board, and we had priority boarding. Once on board we were blown away with our
Cabin. We could really get use to this.
We checked out the Cabin and then since and since
our luggage was not there, we went down to the dining room and had a nice lunch. When we
got back to our cabin some of our luggage was waiting for us and we started to
unpack. The Wymores arrived about the
same time as did our room steward. We
all introduced ourselves and the steward left and came back with Champagne for
all of us. We moved to the deck and
about then a nice young lady showed up with canapés. We then spent some time enjoying the fruits
of our labors.
After the Wymore’s left we finished unpacking and got
ready for dinner. We are at a table for
8 and we seem to have very nice table mates.
Four of them are from Canada. The
two couples are traveling together, a brother and sister and their
spouses. Then there is Bill and
Janie. Janie came over from Holland when
she was 14 and Neal, the husband of the sister, came over from Holland when he was
22. It is a small world.
We all went to the live show and then for us it was back
to the cabin and bed. It has been a long
day.
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