Bon Voyage!

Larry and I had the chance to take a cruise, just the two of us. A great deal came along and with our Anniversary in January and as larry's graduation present we decided to book it. We are so glad that we did. We left cayman at home with summer and the lunds took her one day as well Thank you all so much!! It was so relaxing to go and just to have myself to take care of. It was a breeze getting through security at the airport and I kept feeling like I was forgetting something because we didnt have cayman and all of her stuff.
We left out of Miami and the 1st night the waves her really bad, we didnt get sick but were a little worried that it would be like that the whole time (we didnt know it was really bad because it was our first cruise) Luckily the rest of the time the waves we much milder. Our cruise was Eastern Carribean and it went to Samana Dominican Republic, St Thomas USVI, Tortola BVI, and Nassau Bahamas(we were supposed to go to norwegian cruise lines private island but they couldnt take us on the tenders because the waves there were going to be too big, so we got a bonus port city which we were thrilled about.)
The food on the ship was great and some of the food we were ordering we had no idea what we were getting. It was fun to just order whatever knowing that if you didnt like it you could just get something else. Everything that we ordered was great. Especially the desserts!!

Larry wanted sushi on the trip and our 1st meal on the ship there it was! Plus he had steak and lobster, scallops, shrimp, mahi mahi, and lots of other seafood.

Formal night was the second night on the boat, it was fun to get all dressed up for a date and have a fancy restaraunt to eat at.

In Samana Dominican Republic, we took a whale watching tour, we are heading out to see the whales

We found the whales and got to follow them for over an hour. We followed a mom and her baby, the baby whale kept jumping up out of the water, it was amazing, it jumped 5 times in a row. They are so BIG. Seeing them in real life made us appreciate how amazing these animals are and how amazing our world is that god created.

After Whale watching they took us to an island called Cayo Levantado, to swim and relax on the beach. It was beautiful.

Our next stop was St Thomas we went to Coki Beach to snorkel. This is looking out from where we were laying on the beach.

After Coki Beach we took a taxi to Magen's Bay. It is one of the top 10 beaches in the world. It was so amazing, it was a perfect beach with mountains on both sides of us.

Another picture of us on Magens Bay

Coming back from Magens Bay right over the top of the mountain. This is looking out over the city and where the ships are. The roads there are scary, switchback turns and steep hills and the taxis drove crazy.

Our next stop was Tortola BVI. From here we took a ferry to another island called Virgin Gorda to go to a place called The Bathes. There are huge boulders that create caves, you get to climb through these caves and the water from the ocean is coming in. When you got through all the caves at the other side it opened up to a beautiful little beach called Devils Bay. It was so beautiful there, the water was crystal clear.

We climbed up on top of the boulders for an amazing view.

Before we left home I was afraid that I would be a wreck the whole trip because I would miss cayman so much. When I said goodbye that was so hard and I cried alot but the whole rest of the trip I didnt cry(which I was proud of) until... we walked out on deck in the Bahamas. I looked out and there was the Disney Cruise Line and instantly the tears started coming. I pulled it together after a minute or so but next time we cruise we want to go disney and take cayman with us

Just off the boat

Since our stop in the Bahamas wasnt a planned stop we didnt have anything planned to do on this island. When we got off the boat we went around seeing what there was to do. We saw a place to rent scooters and we decided to do that and give ourselves a self guided tour of the island. We felt so adventurous! Most of the roads were one way and they drive on the left, it was a blast. This was one of our funnest days becuase "we just flew by the seat of our pants" as larry said.

One of the places we went was to Fort Charlotte, It was a neat old fort and part of Pirates of the Carribean was filmed there.

We also went to Atlantis, this is a beautiful resort on paradise island with a huge aquarium with giant devil rays.

What an adventure that we had! It was so nice to have a full week of just time with larry, (even though we missed Cayman) but being able to be free to do whatever we wanted without worry was so nice. It is something that larry and I will cherish forever and will remember forever!