Most people who know me know I am a homebody. I've never been much of a traveler...hate plane trips. But last week we took a Caribbean Cruise to celebrate my parents 50th wedding anniversary. We went to Key West, Grand Cayman and Jamaica. We had a wonderful time. The weather was perfect and a great escape from the dreary winter weather in PA.
My favorite picture of the week is one I took on the balcony of our stateroom with the sun rise in the background.
We loved having a balcony. We tended to be on the side of the ship to see the sunrise. My hubby would go upstairs and get us a cup of coffee and tea and we would watch the sunrise each morning in our PJ's. It was heavenly!
I had never been on a cruise before. And while it is not a vacation I would want to take on a regular basis it was a wonderful escape from our stressful jobs. The food was fabulous and so pretty at dinner each night. Each plate displayed so beautifully and the food was very fresh and at times unique. They had a changing menu each night and included a "Didja" on the menu - as in didja ever want to try... Our son had told us to try new things this week because if you didn't like it they would bring you something else. I had sushi as an appetizer several nights - way out of my comfort zone - it was tiny bites of sushi - not the typical sushi rolls I am used to seeing. some I liked...some not so much. We also tried Alligator bites - which were very good. I did not try escargot or frog legs...couldn't do it. I had some new to me fish - Basa - which I looked up at home and found it to be a type of Vietnamese catfish - although it was different from the catfish I have eaten at home. This was probably my favorite dinner - Martini Braised Basa Fillet with tomato, chili and fennel. Oh my goodness! I could eat this every night!
We did the typical cruise excursions and enjoyed the Dunn's River Falls in Jamaica the best. It was a climb up through a waterfall. It was fun and a little challenging as I couldn't see out of my glasses once they got wet and I needed to take them off. People were losing their glasses left and right - I tucked mine into my bathing suit (don't ask) but then couldn't see very well. So I struggled a little as my depth perception was off. But it was fun and I was able to keep up despite being woefully out of shape. A picture is below. At times you were working against rushing water and other times in waist deep water...climbing up about 900 feet to the top of the falls.
It was a wonderful week with my parents who were celebrating their 50th anniversary. We had a wonderful time. It was hard to leave 80+ degree weather and fly home into a snowstorm with high winds. It was 20 degrees when we got off the plane with a wind chill of about 5 - welcome back to reality!
It looks like a beautiful trip!
Escargot is pretty tasty.
I'm not sure how I'd like those falls, I can barely see w/o my glasses.
Happy 50th Anniversary to your folks!!!! <3
Posted by: Carrie#K | February 22, 2012 at 09:16 PM