NASSAU: BEEN THERE

August 29, 2017

Done that.

Again.

Bought no t-shirt.

The Grandeur of the Seas docked at 1300 hours, beside of the Carnival Liberty and a big Mickey Mouse ship whose name we did not see.  Once our Captain announced that we had cleared customs Bonnie and I waited until the thundering herd had  disembarked and took a leisurely stroll off, walked through the security area, crossed Woodes Rogers Way, and strolled around for a couple of hours, purchasing small souvenirs, and came back on board.  Total time ashore in Nassau: two hours.  And the ship sails at midnight.

For entertainment this evening, a movie is being shown in the Palladium Theater – Kong: Skull Island. One of us is looking forward with eager anticipation, and the other one of us is pretending to be looking forward with eager anticipation (but she has a Hershey bar to entice me).  But we will have fun.  I hope they will have popcorn.

Tomorrow is the private island experience, and our first morning to sleep in since our Cruise Vacation began.  We actually brought swimming clothes – and suntan lotion – so we can play on the beach and in the water.  There will be a bar-b-que on shore for lunch.

And now we are going to supper so we can get great seats for Kong.

TTFN.

It is now 10 pm. We are still 2 hours till we will be gone from Nassau. All aboard is 11:30. I would not like to be out after dark here, unless maybe we were at Atlantis.

I walked over 6 miles today including 1 and half miles before breakfast. After which I showered, dressed and we went to his talk. Then, upstairs for some hot chocolate and a muffin and to take the rest of my pills. We played some cards and watched as we came into port at 1pm. There were two large ships already there. But we parked closest to the town. Yeah. There were a huge number of people who exited our ship to join the throng of people already ashore from the other ships. Our ship was really almost empty. We disembarked and  walked around for about 2 hours and bought a couple of doodads before going back on board. There were a lot of stores that were open the last time we were here but were boarded up now. Most of the stuff for sale is “made in China” and I generally try not to buy that.

We got back on board, napped and then, I showered. I felt icky from the sun tan lotion we had put on and my hair was in need of a good wash. I took a long, hot shower and it felt great. It is really an acrobatic trick to try and dry your hair with the hair dryer. The only place to plug it in is at the desk where all the computer stuff is located. Then, the cord is short and it is tricky.  Oh well, I managed.

It was off to supper and we were one of the few that showed up. I had a cold mango soup, a goat cheese polenta with white beans(they tasted like bake beans) and Thai. noodles and stir fried vegetables (that was mainly carrots and snow peas) with peanut sauce served on the side.  The sauce tasted like Jif peanut butter that had been melted and a hot spice put into it. Interesting. I ate it. It was interesting! To say the least. Then, I had chocolate and vanilla ice cream for dessert.

My favorite part of the evening came after supper. They were showing the new King Kong movie on the big screen. Cool. I enjoyed every minute of it. It was annoying when about 10 minutes before the movie ended these people came into the balcony where we were, walked in front of us then, sat down. Really!!  Weird. Some lady exiting behind us said it was a dumb movie. I said I loved it. What did she know.

After the show, we went to the centrum area that is 3 decks high (4-5-6) and watched the singers and dancers do a program called “Seasons”.It was good but not as dramatic as the last time we saw it. That time they used aerialist suspended from the ceiling for some of the action.  But it was good anyway.

We are now back in our cabin and are planning to sleep in tomorrow and then have breakfast and go to the beach. There we may get wet and will have lunch. It is the first day so far we have not had to get up at 6:30 am. Last night we went to bed at 9 and slept 9 + hours. Wow! That was great.

Well, I have written war and peace again.

Mac do that math homework!! It is good for you. Hope the geometry is going well for Luke and Rachel. How is that saxophone coming Maggie? Well, Emma how does it feel to be 9? Hey Tate, keep wearing those braces.

Love you all. See you soon.

Granny, Mom, Bonnie