Thanks Rae and Nancy,
I had to wait for my order to arrive on Friday, and then it was back on the horse on Saturday. After 3 days back, I am actually lower than I was when I went off, so those pesky vacation pounds didn't hang around long. Thank goodness!!!
Nancy,
We shopped in every port. First stop was St. Thomas, we went on a short island tour, and there was a great flea market. We went to the beach briefly, but had to be back on the boat by 4:00, so we didn't get to see alot and felt like we were very rushed. The second port was Dominica and like I said, had I known I would have lounged on the boat all day. Its a rain forest, and we thought we could chill at the beach. They don't really have any beaches. they are all rock. We ended up hiking to an "Emerald Pool" with a not so spectacular waterfall, and then had to hike back out. It was pretty treacherous, and we were not prepared with the sandals we had on. We also had to be back to the boat by 5:00. The 3rd stop (3 stops/3 days) was Barbados, we paid to go to a beach and enjoyed all you can drink, so we did relax and had alot of fun, and we were able to shop at their flea market also. We had a good time there, but had wished we stayed to watch the sunset. We actually didn't have to be back until 9:00 that night. The next day we were at sea, but when you are at sea EVERYONE is on the boat, so needless to say ALOT of people and even though we lounged around, it was not really relaxing. The 4th stop was Aruba. We shopped all morning and early afternoon. I got LOTS!! and then we went to "Palm Beach" which was great, it was a string of hotels, and we just paid for a lounge chair and hung out on their beach until after sunset. This was a day we didn't have to be back until 10:00. So that was relaxing, I actually fell asleep and was snoring. The last day was a day at sea, same thing, alot of people all lined up in lounge chairs. Had we felt better and not had horrible colds, I think we would have had alot more fun. We just plan on going back to Barbados or Aruba and stay at an all inclusive resort. That way there is no rushing, and not as many people.
Maura