Life on a Boat

In my estimation, there are 4 main aspects of life on a cruise ship, ports aside: food, fun, views, and entertainment. Here's a taste of what they were like for us!

PART 1: THE FOOD

The food definitely has to come first in the list. We ate like there would be no food tomorrow -- everything from escargot to lamb, duck to curry, salads to ice cream. And the always-open soft serve machine became an all-too-tempting friend poolside.

This, my friends, was our table at dinner one night. Three couples and a multitude of plates. Shaun and I shared three appetizers, four entrees, and two desserts that night. Gluttonous? Yes. Delicious? All.

Our table's waiter and wait assistant, Agnelo and Alejandro, who graciously brought us absurd amounts of food each night.

There was a midnight buffet on the third night of our stay. The DJ played while people danced poolside and ate their 4th (5th? 6th?) meal of the day. This was just a shot of the fruit table.

Ice sculptures!

One afternoon we decided to tour the galley with the chef. It was crazy to see how hard those men and women work all day long.

Mmm, midnight pizza! Food is never far...

PART 2: THE FUN!

Listening to live music before we went out and danced together.

Who says towel animals aren't fun? We loved our little surprises, like this monkey!

With a friendly bulldog, maybe?

A cool swan

Rock climbing is definitely fun!

All geared up for our rock wall climbs!

PART 3: THE VIEWS

Watching the world float by with yummy frozen concoctions

We would watch the waves from thcould not believe how blue the water was in the Caribbean.

I promise, there was no photoshopping!

Sitting on the deck after dinner, watching the sunset.

Because it was so windy, part of the time was spent with me behind a glass wall to keep my skirt from going Marilyn on me. This was before we thought of sitting on a bench instead.

We woke up early one morning to watch the sunrise too.

And another sunset....

PART 4: ENTERTAINMENT
One of the things we did each night was gamble in the casino. We each had five dollars a night to try and win it big. I ended up the trip's winner on the last night by winning us $20 with my $5, bringing us almost back to where we would have been without gambling! :)

Shaun in action

SHUFFLEBOARD! :)

And yes, Shaun and I are some of the oldest newlyweds you could ever meet.

And the shows were equally entertaining. This was our comedian on ship, Carl Banks.

A musical show through the decades that we watched one night.

After the show, the crew all came out so we could thank them for all of their hard work in making life on a boat as much fun as it was!