Cruising Cindy Lou

I was on a 10 night sailing last month. I ate 7 out of 10 nights in OV.

No excursion needed. We went there in 2017. Hoping to go see them again this year. This is not a fancy beach, had a lot of rocks. It had a fisherman's dock there. We swam with turtles and there was a huge swarm of fish that was pretty amazing to see.

Interesting. Wonder if any of the Edge really available during this time. We were on the phone for an hour last week trying to get one of the cruises on the Edge. They couldn't find anything open for the BCC offers. We ended up booking a 7 day on Reflection, but was a struggle for her to find one on it available for us.

I have taken the local bus to Margot a few times. Was easy to do.

I had heard all about this bakery. I tried to go to it in 2019. But was told at that time not open. We did find another bakery along our hunt for it. It was tasty, so worked out.

A blonde jumping in. I never really owned stock. In 2020 when COVID hit and stock market plunged I asked my husband to buy me both RCL and NCHL stock. Should have done it myself, when it went up to double my money he sold it. Just a few more weeks and I could have about tripled it. RCL had gone back up to $98 when cruising started back up. I noticed few months ago when the whole market went down it dropped big time again. I jumped back on board. Wish I had bought more. I had joined the casino (stock market), after doing so well my first go around. The cruise stocks are my only green in my portfolio.

When we went to Barbados in Dec of 2019 we had planned to rent a car. But ended up hiring a taxi for the day. We used Stephen Applewhite. Pretty sure Apple taxi service. He can be found on FB. He was great. We saw so much of the island, and it is gorgeous. He gave fair price compared to renting a car and he made sure we had a great time.

In 2019 we hired Stephen Applewhite with Big Apple Taxi Service. He had a big van. He drove us all around the island. I had researched and made a list of things I wanted to see, and he added a few stops. He took us out all day. He was very informative and we had a great time. (This included rum stop, haha). The island is stunning. Thankful we were able to see so much of it. Applewhite

Thank you for info. Last time we rode bus and walked to Deep Bay beach. Was trying to find something new to do this time.

Can you walk from the Dockyard to Shirley Heights? Or would that be a big undertaking?

They called my husband this afternoon!!! 10 day cruise on Edge. So excited!!!!

We were on Virgin in August. 5 days on Scarlet Lady. We were excited to try something new. It was our 6th different line. It was probably a one and done for us. Everyone should give it a try. But just found out we like the more traditional cruising. The food was amazing in the restaurants. Loved the hammock on the balcony. But I missed the traditional shows in the theater. The show "Never Sleep Alone", was terrible. They wanted you to get up and talk to strangers about sex. No thanks, I am a prude I guess. Condoms on the tables. Little much for me. During the day very quiet. No cruise director. No announcements. Not a set nightly show. No buffet, you go to the not buffet and order your food and it is delivered to you. So if you order fries they are brought to you by one staff member, a taco will come 5 minutes later...and so on. People either love it or hate it.

We didn't get an email. We got a card in the mail that I almost threw away without reading. We did the request online, but they haven't called us yet. Sounds like we might need to call in. We haven't cruised with Celebrity since late 2019. We had 3 more booked thru 2020 and 2021 but they were cancelled. We have never gambled on Celebrity that I can remember. Maybe $20 on RCL. We cruised Virgin in August and MSC last week. Virgin is struggling to fill their ships. MSC was maybe 2/3 full, but they had cancellations from hurricane. I love cruising. I own stock in RCL and NCL. I sure hope they all can survive this awful situation they are all having to deal with.

But as a woman, I might like looking at those muscularly legs....haha.

Was going thru my mail yesterday. About to throw away a card. Words Free Veranda caught my eye. As reading, my hands started shaking, it was for a free cruise. Filled out the online form. Will give them 2 days to call. If no word will call them back. Hoping we can snag a December cruise. We will drive to port so no issues. Seems too good to be true! Are the ships having issues sailing full now? We had 3 Celebrity cruises booked thru pandemic. 2 were cancelled and we cancelled the last one. It has been almost 3 years since we sailed Celebrity. Maybe a reward for us letting them keep our money for 2 years, haha. I will take it.

Maybe you could go to Walgreens and talk to someone there. They could probably help you finding out if there is an home test for this. But with a home test you still at this point have to use a online company to watch you take the test. Then they will send you an email with the official results you can use at the port. Or atleast that is my understanding on how it works.

Black Rock recently invested heavily with Virgin Voyages.

We will be in Bonaire for the first time next April. How would renting a car and driving around the island be? Is it very congested? Can we walk off ship and rent a car at port after arriving? We port 7 to 5. What are the must see/do's for a first time visit? What would be the best place to do a little shore snorkeling? TIA