Tuesday, April 5, 2011

10 Days of Paradise

We just returned from 10 days/9 nights of Paradise sailing around the Southern Caribbean - now it is back to reality: 10 loads of laundry and 9 sleepless nights catching up on work email. Summary of our adventure:

  • Flights were uneventful and all connections made. Shawn and Logan enjoyed 1st class on (3) of the (4) segments - one of the minor perks of flying too much!

  • Visited Puerto Rico, St Thomas, Barbados, St Lucia, St Kitts and St Maarten

  • Weather was amazing all week: 85-95 and sunny

  • Spent most of the days lounging on the beach or sipping frozen adult beverages by the pool

  • Logan's highlight was going down the water slide at the San Juan Marriott 112 times - not an exaggeration....he went up/down constantly for 4+ hours. The security guard just laughed at him!

  • We thought Carter would love the kids camp on the ship and Logan would be hesitant to participate. Instead, Logan was in heaven with his independence. He stayed up past us dancing in the clubs, winning trophies in the mini golf tournaments, playing Wii and xBox, and doing whatever else 6-11 year old boys and girls do without their parents. Carter went a couple of times to the 2-5 year old camp but preferred to stay with us.

  • Carter's highlight was sitting in the hot tub and watching movies on the outdoor theater screen above the pool. He also loved eating free ice cream for b'fast, lunch and dinner

  • Logan also enjoyed the giant size chess board on the pool deck. He challenged several older kids and actually won! He plays in his first chess tournament this Saturday.

Unfortunately we forgot our camera. We purchased a disposal one and will scan some snapshots once we get the pictures developed this weekend. We did pose for several family photos on the ship and purchased numerous images - they make it so easy since you are already dressed up for dinner - of course they also make it easy to impact your wallet. Here are a few of the photos we purchased on the ship.


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