March 2010

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End of the cruise: Fort Lauderdale

[mappress]We finished were we started: Fort Lauderdale. When we arrived we took the budget shuttle that took us to budget where we took our car for the next 4 days. First we had breakfast at bagels Einstein or something like this. Then was to visit fort Lauderdale. They said it was the Venice of Florida, […]

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Nassau, this time in Paradise Island

In our second time in Nassau we decided to go and spend the day at Paradise Island, 15 minutes by boat from Nassau. There you have the Atlantis hotel where we wanted to stay for the day and visit all the aquariums. We realized that last time we did not see anything. Atlantis is huge! […]

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On the Sea

From Road Town to Nassau you have a full day of navigation. We spend the day in the MSC Poesia, in the pool area, having cocktails, having a swim, sun, … and in our nice balcony, reading… chilling out. There are plenty of activities to do, so you never get bored.

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Road town, Virgin Islands

We arrived early to Road town. We took it easy though. Had breakfast and then left. The nice thing of cruising in the Caribbean and I guess is the same in the Greek islands and other small towns, is that with a day you have more than enough to visit them. I guess it is […]

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Philipsburg, Netherlands Antilles

We did not get to Philipsburg until 1pm (ship time). During the trip some places had different time zones, but in order to avoid problems the cruise always referred to the ship time (Miami time). The night before they let you a print out of the activities for next day. The time you get to […]

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San Juan de Puerto Rico

We are now at San Juan de Puerto Rico. The ship leaves at 10pm (ship time) and we head towards Philipsburg. I found free wifi here and I managed to upload all previous posts. From the ship it is impossible to upload photos… I did not have the time and the occasion to take the […]

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In the way to Puerto Rico

Navigation day. Puerto Rico is far from Florida. The day started rainy and a bit cold but as the day was progressing the sun took over and the temperatures raised. We spent most of the day in the pool area. I am reading “the Help”, from Kathryn Stockett which is about maids in Louisiana on […]

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Fort Lauderdale, half way

Half way. For most of the people the cruise is over, but we continued. We discussed weather it was worth to go down and visit Fort Lauderdale and we concluded that we will be here next Saturday and with a rental car, so it was the best day to enjoy the ship, which was again […]

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Nassau, Bahamas

We arrived to Nassau this morning. now in an hour we will be leaving to For Lauderdale to start the second part of the cruise. In Nassau we had a great day. The temperature is great, it is sunny… mmm… We went down and after us 4 more cruises arrived. We are all here. the […]

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Navigation day

From Montego Bay to Nassau you have quite a long distance. The day was all day navigation. The ship is packed with activities: in the pool area, theatres, etc… and it was a gala night. Everybody with suits and ties… I did not bring any… like in the titanic. We spent most of the day […]

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