Sunday, February 27, 2022

Fort Lauderdale, Florida....

Today, we found ourselves in Fort Lauderdale again…  It was a beautiful day!  I decided, once I completed Immigration, that I would stay onboard today.  Ann & Cathy met Laura and went out for a girl's day out on the town.  As for me, I settled in at the Retreat for a wonderful relaxing day.  The sail away was nice, we departed just in front of the Eurodam.   This evening, we had a fabulous dinner in the Canaletto Restaurant with Leslie & Handler….  Just a wonderful day!  This week we head to Grand Turk, San Juan, St. Thomas & Half Moon Cay….  Mixing it up a little…  Loving the Rotterdam!


















































Friday, February 25, 2022

Willemstad, CuraƧao

I was up at sunrise to get my sail in photos, CuraƧao is such a beautiful place. Then I got off the ship as soon as we docked and toured the Otrobanda neighborhood searching for wall art, there are some great artists in CuraƧao, before heading to see my wonderful friends Aart and Ellen. In the meantime, Aart and Ellen picked Ann and Cathy up at the ship and while showing them the Otrobanda section they came upon me. I hopped in with them and we went to the Van Essen’s condo to catch up as it has been almost three years since we had been altogether. It was a great reunion, wonderful hospitality and a celebration of friends!!!  Around noon they took us to lunch to celebrate Cathy’s Birthday at a wonderful place near Mambo Beach, Hemingway’s at the Lions Dive Beach Resort. After a great lunch, Aart drove us back to their home.  It was an absolutely fabulous day…. Aart gave us a ride to the ship and then three of us walked back to the ship, looking into a few shops along the way…. We will be back in CuraƧao on March 24, 2022 and are really hoping Aart & Ellen will have returned from Holland and we will be able to see them again. CuraƧao is a wonderful place to visit! I went out for our sail away from CuraƧao.  We had a bit of a shower which brought us a lucky rainbow…   Tonight, we were off to the Tamarind with the Hotze’s, Lyle’s, Smith’s for a birthday dinner celebration for Cathy….  Great dinner celebration!  What a fabulous day!