Aw no rum cakes.
At least you had a massage to top off the day.
Yeah, it wasn't the best tour, but at least it was OK and we did have the massages to make the day.
What a pain about Fran's medicine but thankfully her MRI was normal! That breakfast food looks fab, I'm so hungry now, esp for eggs. I thought the tender boat said Carb Express, LOL! What a great close up pic of the 2 of you on the tender and I love the beach still life, so pretty! The turtles were huge! The massage was definitely the right way to top off the day!
Thanks, that was a selfie that I thought came out pretty OK.
I really enjoyed the turtle farm. If that part hadn't happened I would have been pretty disappointed in the island tour, but that part was really cool. I enjoyed seeing the turtles and really was happy to hear about the how they were repopulating the species.
The turtle farm would definitely have been the highlight of the day for me, how cool!
Bummer about no rum cakes. We had a party here at work yesterday and a co-worker brought in a home made rum cake, it was to die for!!!
How nice to split the day up with a massage
Yeah I really liked that too! Seeing all those huge turtles was totally cool. I liked the little ones, but the bigger ones were great. I think that place was an excursion in itself and I think that would have been cool. They had a bar and restaurant along with a pool, it might have been a cool place to go as an excursion as long as the weather was good.
Hmmmm...your excursion looks interesting, especially the turtle breeding center. I would've touched the turtles. I expected to see one say "Grab Shell, DUDE!" That's awesome that programs like that exist.
That DOTD, yipes - that recipe looks sweet-sweet-sweet! I used to drink Midori, but I am not sure I could take it now.
And the chocolate spa treatment - I think DW would think "What a waste of chocolate!" Chocolate should be for eating!
All the DOTDs were sweet sweet sweet., but I dealt with it!
It probably might have been a waste of chocolate especially with the upcoming report of a shortage. In hindsight, perhaps it might have been better to eat the chocolate. The feeling of it all over my body was a little weird.
Ugh, sounds like your day at GC wasn't all that great. It wasn't my favorite island when I visited but to have everything locked up would be a big bummer! Massages and DOTDs sound like a nice way to make up for a blah day.
Glad Fran's CAT scan came back clear. Hopefully they can find some new drugs to help her. It's so nice to see her feeling better these days that I don't want anything to set her back!
Jill in CO
We really thought it was a nice place on our last trip, but this time it was rather dead.
At least once we got back on the ship things were much improved!
Yeah, every day she gets more and more cranky with the pain of arthritis coming back. I hope we can get her on a new drug sooner than later!
Oh that turtle farm looked really interesting how wonderful they had prevented them going extinct.
That drink looks very inviting! So did Fran's sandwich yum.
Evidently the turtles made for good eats and no one was there to say, "hey woa, let's not eat them all, for quite a while." Now they have some boundaries.
The drinks were quite good. I went back for seconds on the pizza, she didn't on the sandwich.
Covered in chocolate how extraordinary. So you were like human fondue for a giant lol. I bet that was a very strange feeling but nice way to spend after the excursion. Ahhh the spa.
I am super jealous of Pam's home made rum cake at work!
The chocolate wrap was a bit strange, we were lucky to have each other when we showered before the massage, we could check each other's crevases to make sure we were chocolate free!
I all caught up.
The story with Jim still makes me chuckle. I am glad that you managed to get a drink of the day and some spa treatments booked. On one of our cruises they had variation of this for couples minus the last part at a discounted price and we thoroughly enjoyed this. That was tight with only two of the crossbody pouchettes being available. I am glad that Fran managed to snag them. I could eat one of those soufflees right now.
The sunrise photos are stunning. I love the border around the Anna and Elsa photo.
Marie looks precious. I love that risotto. Sadly I believe it is no longer on the menu unless they added it back on. I am not a huge fan of Chardonnay as a rule, but I was introduced to the Beringer on one of those cooking demonstrations and I rather like it. Meatloaf and Mickey Bar sounds like my kind of lunch.
Looks like you got a great variety of drinks at Mixology and it was great that you got to make some yourself. I also always have to get something to eat after Mixology. I love that they now list the ingredients for the Drinks of the Day. I have kind of given up on them after a couple of near misses as I really do not want an allergic reaction in the middle of the sea.
Your Palo dinner looked amazing. I love the truffle pursettes. The formal night pictures have come out really well.
Breakfast at Triton's looked great. I can't believe that you ended up in the middle of nowhere at Grand Cayman, but I love the resulting pictures. We have been to Hell twice and I am absolutely fascinated by this. The Turtle Farm I can take or leave, but it is good to know about the great conservation work they do there. What a shame that you did not get any rum cake. I was considering getting a chocolate massage at a local spa, but your assessment makes me second guess this.
Corinna
I'm glad she got us the cross body purses, too. I really like it! Thanks for the sunrise photo compliments! You're right they no longer serve that risotto on the wonder it was at AP, but not anymore, maybe because they have the truffle purses.
Yeah, I'm not sure I will recommend the chocolate massage. It was a once in a lifetime, but still weird. I'm glad that the two of us showered off together because we were able to make sure that each one of us had removed all the chocolate before we settled down for our massages!
So so so happy Fran's MRI was normal. Bummer about having to try and switch to different meds due to liver issues.
Hopefully she gets new medicine on Wednesday. Its been a rough road with her feeling bad.
Yay for pizza! Did you like it? I agree with you about the pre-made vs fresh made drinks. The fresh taste boozier.
I liked the sausage and mushroom one best, it had a thin crust. The other was pretty much average pizza.
It really was a blustery day. How and why would the tender and dock Ina. Own that basically closed?
That truly makes zero sense especially for towns that run on tourism. So odd.
The only place that seemed to be open was the diamond store. It made zero sense.
They coated you in chocolate during the massage???? Gives a whole new meaning to food porn.
Love the sea life photos. You're really getting good with the camera.
Thanks!
Do you have more pics posted elsewhere of your meet with Corrina or does she? I'm so painfully behind on my threads due to work.
Those were all the pictures I took that day. I forgot the big camera. She may have more pictures to post.
I hope you're enjoying the report! Only six months until our cruise!
