We got up about 6:45 for the "morning routine" of pastries, coffee, journaling and picture taking on the balcony. The weather is coolish with the breeze. It's cloudy & looking like we sailed through rain while we were sleeping. But the clouds are clearing and I see blue skies ahead!! The forecast is cloudiness, chance of rain and a high of 80. Perfect!
Sailing past Emeral Beach on our way into port
We're scheduled to dock at 9, and be able to leave the ship at 9:30. We'll wait until the crazy rush of people and then "go outside". Our plan is to get a taxi to Emerald Beach at the Best Western and do a little port shopping on the way back to the ship. We docked at a different place than we have in the past; Crown Bay. The pier was a short 5 minute $4 pp cab ride to the beach. Yes!
We walked through the lobby at the Best Western, past the beach bar and to the left and found 2 loungers under the trees. There is a lot of natural shade here. The chairs are $7 each and somebody came around and collected the money. Emerald Beach is quiet and not crowded and is a bay so the ocean is gentle and has good free WiFi, delicious food and great drinks! So we settled in and Doug got in the water. It was a little after 10 at this point.
There was a guy on the beach braiding hats.
I was feeling a little sea sick. More so than when I was on the ship, which is odd to me. But I stayed on the lounger and had a couple bottles of water and started feeling better and joined Doug in the ocean. About 11:40 we got out and got a drink. I had an Emerald Sunset, which is Cruzan guava rum, peach schnapps, strawberry & mango Island Oasis, frozen. Delicious!
After drinks, and talking with Jim, we went to the bar for lunch and 2 more Emerald Sunsets. I had grilled chicken tacos. Doug had a grilled chicken sandwich with fries. We finished our drinks and went for one more swim. The water was simply gorgeous! Clear, warm, gentle waves, very relaxing.
About 1:30 we changed and headed back to the ship. We found iguanas sunning themselves on the rocks on the way back, too.
My traditional picture by the hull of the ship.
We came back to the cabin, changed and headed to the pool deck for a Toasted Almond. We called home and browsed Facebook. David and Joan came to sit and chat with us. This is our 3rd cruise with David & Joan, and we're cruising together again next year. I don't know how I'd cruise on Grandeur without them! It just wouldn't be right.
After a while I excused myself and went for my bubble bath and wine. I sat on the balcony and caught up the journal and got ready for dinner. We met everybody in the R Bar for drinks. After David, Joan, Susan & Dan went for dinner, we headed out to have pictures taken and then meet Jim & Tracy for dinner. Other than Chops night, we dined with them the rest of the cruise.
Dinner was delicious tonight. I had savory bites, shaved beef, ricotta & spinach stuffed shells and warm chocolate cake with ice cream and cappuccino. Peter proud my wine from my personal bottle and brought us tiramisu from Giovani's for dessert, too. Linden brought our dinner shots; blue eyed blond, which is layered from the bottom Creme de Cocoa, blue curacao and Baileys. It's really pretty, and yummy. And of course we did pictures.
We talked and laughed for a long time after finishing dinner and then went to deck 5. Doug sat while I collected pictures and lost money in the casino. By now it was 9:30 and the sock hop wasn't until ten. We decided to make it an early night, so returned to the cabin for sleep. It was a lovely day, but the sun and ocean completely wore me out. I've been feeling a lot of fibro pain and exhaustion this trip, sadly. I'm still enjoying myself SO very much!!
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