WineontheKeyboard

The next port we went to on our cruise was Cozumel. Carnival had just reopened their pier that had been taken out previously by a hurricane. This one is supposed to withstand a category 5 hurricane. Hope it can. We docked to a bright, sunshiny, warm day.

Our ship was the Carnival Fantasy, but you can see her sister ship, the Ecstasy was docked here too. (Digressing for a moment…I had a strange desire, wishing we were sailing on the Ecstasy, just because of its name. That’s wrong of me, isn’t it??) We willing posed for SuperGuy in a typical cruise ship in the background shot. (digressing again…wow, those pink crocs clash with my coral tshirt, don’t they? Why didn’t someone tell me???)

Oh, look! SuperGuy was there too! He’ll love that I got a shot of him carrying the floral beach bag… I’m detecting a trend of SuperGuy carrying bags… Wonder how long I can keep working the “Gosh, honey, that bag is just too heavy for little ‘ol me to carry.” …once he finds out I’m taking photos of it each time.

Anyway, we shopped a bit, then headed for Paradise Beach. No admission to get in, no charge for chairs or umbrellas. About a five minute cab ride from the pier. For $10 you get a wristband that lets you do lots of water sports. Water trampolines, a huge “iceberg” to climb. Or kayaking.

Notice how helpful The Adorable Girlfriend was with the paddling?

The Geeky One got even…The Adorable Girlfriend couldn’t figure out why is was so much harder paddling back into shore…

Oh, here’s a big surprise. A pointing picture!! or maybe

SuperGuy and I just kind of hung out on the beach and did our own thing. Not sure we moved from our lounge chairs once we sat down. “Freddie” kept bringing us ice cold beer though, so all was good.

We got back on the ship, arrived back at New Orleans, drove 11 hours back home.

A most perfect vacation. The end.

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So, as you know, we’re home now…back to the land of fast internet…so I thought I’d show you some photos from our cruise. We really didn’t take that many photos this trip. Not sure what that says about the vacation. Maybe we were too busy having fun??

The cruise left from the New Orleans port. After a wonderful 80 degree day the day before we left, on the actual day of departure it was cold!

We started off, surprisingly by drinking and eating up on the Lido deck with our sweatshirts on against the crisp air. When SuperGuy wears a jacket, you know the weather is cold. When we checked in, we found they hadn’t seated us at the same table. So SuperGuy and The Geeky One went to go sort all that out. We ended up with a four top table, at the back of the dining room, right by the window. Sweet. Had a great waiter too. We were seated next to a family of 10. Okay. The mom spent the entire meal yelling at her 3 year old son. You know, saying the same thing over and over and over…so of course the kid never listened to her. You know the type. The dad wore a wife beater shirt to dinner. Yes, you know the type here too. How special. After that meal they were never seen again…wonder who offed them?? Wasn’t me!

We proceeded down the river, tilting steeply to the side. Strange. A bit later they announced we had broken down in the middle of the Mississippi. Yes, well. Nothing really stops us from having fun. We finished dinner and went to the nearest bar on the ship in my quest for the best martini.

In the middle of the night, the engines kicked into gear, and off we went, out to the ocean. (about a 6 or 8 hour trip down the Mississippi from New Orleans to the ocean. Who knew??)

So nice to wake up to a view like this from your bed, isn’t it?

Okay, so SuperGuy gets up early without me and goes up to the Lido buffet and has a “prebreakfast” and he got this shot of the same sunrise. Yes, I know. He wins. (and it pains me to admit it!) Gorgeous clouds.

The first day was spent at sea. The second day in Progresso, Mexico. I’m not sure how these small towns get the cruise lines to come to them. But this one you had to take a tour bus like 5 miles down the pier to even set foot on land. Let’s just say it wasn’t my favorite cruise port ever. We shopped in the open air market where they keep doing the “Hey, Lady, Look at this.” Anyway after some brief shopping where the Adorable Girlfriend picked up a few things (note to self, shop with Adorable Girlfriend next time, she found some neat things!) We then headed to the Ultimate Beach Party. Not.

The beach was rocky, cold, and windy…and about 3 feet wide by 15 feet long. Ah, well, we made the best of it. It looked like they made this spot out of a ruined hotel? Because only the pool was still there and a hut with a grill and cold beer. So, of course we made the best of things, as is our wont.

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So we got back late last night from the cruise… it was an 11 hour drive after fighting our way through customs, etc. Wow, can I just say the New Orlean’s port terminal needs to get it’s act together? So disorganized.

Then we started off in the wrong direction…went over to the West Bank and had to PAY A TOLL to get back to New Orleans. So the trip home was off to a rocky start…

Anyway, we had a wonderful cruise. A great time.

But you know how I’m always talking about the difference between men and women? And how I don’t understand men??

Well, we went on this lovely vacation. Relaxing. Great weather. Lovely beaches. Wonderful food. Fun, fun, fun…

But what was SuperGuy the MOST EXCITED about the whole vacation???

The $1.99 per gallon gas price on the way home…

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