Today we step outside our normal topic, life with my dogs, to talk about life on the high seas. I am blessed with a life that allows me to travel a lot. Because of the uncertainty of life, we don't want to wait until retirement to travel. We may not be able to by then. So we are balancing our books and my guilt about leaving the dogs and doing as much as we can while we can!
Our latest trip took us away from winter (which quite frankly has been very mild this year) to the Caribbean. We have developed a love for cruising so we thought we would try out a brand new ship, the Norwegian Escape. The ship started sailing in November. It was the biggest we had been on, with nearly 5000 passengers. I admit I prefer the smaller ships with 2400 or so people. Uncle Chris and 2 of our friends joined us. Our ports were Miami, St. Thomas, US British Islands, Tortola, British Virgin Islands, and Nassau Bahamas.
Here is some of the beauty we saw:
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| The ship had a rope course and water slides. Lady was too scared to try them. Man enjoyed. |
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| Sunrise in Tortola |
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| Man captured a fish with the new camera! |
Sooooo beautiful. What a great time you had, just look at those wonderful colours, amazing
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Princess Leah xxx
Very nice, and everything looks so warm! We are shivering here, it's 10 below! Brrr
ReplyDeleteLooks like you had a wonderful holiday we went on the Carnival Cruise ship Fascination and visited Freeport and Nassau (that's how I recognized it)but we didn't like the like much at all - can't believe they still allow smoking on ships :(
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! You are absolutely right in taking time now to enjoy life now. I've only cruised once, but it certainly was fun. Maybe someday soon I'll try it again.
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Critter Alley
Beautiful! You are absolutely right in taking time now to enjoy life now. I've only cruised once, but it certainly was fun. Maybe someday soon I'll try it again.
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Critter Alley
oh what a wonderful idea to escape from cold mr. winter... I love this rock it looks like a skull from a pirate island... have you seen some pirates or treasures there?
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ReplyDeleteOohhh the colour of that water................ yes, a wise choice, to maximise travel in years of health. The Dogs Forgive! Huggies, YAM xx
Aaaaahhhhhhhh......We agree with Yam, the cobalt and Carribean blue seas really can soothe a soul!!
ReplyDeleteMom wants to live in that lighthouse. What beautiful beautiful pictures!!! Thank you for sharing your trip wif us.
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What a wonderful get away! Loved that lighthouse pic too!
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Murphy & Stanley
Yay for your Lady and Dad!! They are very wise and smart to do this. Since we animals live in the moment and can't tell time we are okey dokey and really happy to see them when they return
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Wow! What a great trip that was! Thanks for the lovely pictures! Our cousin Angus's humans went to the Bahamas a couple weeks ago, and then got stuck there because of that big snow storm!
ReplyDeleteglorious, glorious shots! You ARE truly blessed!!! Over here, we have no "books" to "balance" !! Each month is "robbing Peter to pay Paul" so we won't be going anywhere anytime soon! DakotasDen
ReplyDeleteGreat philosophy SHE says. That's what SHE did, travel while young. Now that SHE's retired, visited most places SHE wanted, is content to stay home with the dogs. As long as you find a reputable kennel so you don't have to worry, the world's yours. ENJOY!
ReplyDeleteYou got some gorgeous shots. What a wonderful time
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Lily & Edward
How totally beautiful! We especially liked seeing the little shorebird. OK, really Mom did, but we do like to watch birdies!
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Margaret Thatcher
So much beauty - thanks for sharing some of the beauty you saw on your trip.
ReplyDeleteWoos - Ciara and Lightning
Just stunning!
ReplyDeleteThose pictures are stunning. We have always wanted to go on a cruise. A Norwegian Cruise looks beautiful. Maybe someday. Thanks for sharing
ReplyDeleteHi hi hi! Ojo here! Wow, that is a large variety of beautiful! Even I, as a Dog, think those things are beautiful!
ReplyDeleteIt looks like you had a wonderful trip and saw many beautiful places!
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