Disney Fantasy Cruise May 10th

Our next stop on the cruise was Falmouth, Jamaica.  We booked an excursion and boarded a bus to the Good Hope Estate.  According to the description it was a 25 minute drive through the countryside on an airconditioned bus.  They forgot to mention the road was atrocious! I think parts were paved but there were potholes everywhere!  Also the road was narrow and the driver was kept busy avoiding the potholes and other vehicles.  I think we all were a bit disappointed by the  buildings we saw. No much of the plantation was left. Our return to the port was in a smaller bus and more comfortable.  The driver stopped and plucked a branch off a tree and we passed it around.  He had us break a leaf and smell.  Then asked us what we thought it was.  I was correct! Allspice.  We next tasted it, chewing on a bit of the firm leaf.  Peppery tasting.  Interesting tidbit to learn.

I'm pretty sure we did some shopping here.  Sonsearae bought Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee beans and rum.  Jim bought a shirt.  I think they call them the Blue Mountains because of the mist always hanging over it.  Like the Smokey Mountains here in the States

We did explore the grounds of Good Hope and I for one loved all the tropical flowers as you'll see below.                                                 

No matter where Sonsearae goes she make new friends, as it happens these ladies live west of here in the Pan Handle of Florida

                         Across the lazy river was this sculpture

This is the river that you could go tubing on.  Water was so low the guides got out and pulled the train of tubs along.

My honey posing under the Bougainvillea

Flowers all along the our walk

Leaving Jamaica

                                  Handmade cards Because

No one displays an email on the mantel

or

Shows off a tweet on the refrigerator

or

Saves a Facebook Post in a box of treasures

Total for 2023

                                                      223

Nope, again we were too busy for me to get any kits assembled

Today has been a bit busy, Jim pressure washed a bit on the rig.  I did laundry and dishes.  Leftovers from Sunday fed us.

                                     All is right in our world

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Disney Cruise 8 and 9 May

 I'm falling behind again!  Yesterday we had a wonderful BBQ dinner with Sonsearae and Chris.  They fixed smoked ribs and BBQ chicken, Macaroni and cheese, slaw, corn muffins, corn on the cob and veggies and dip.  For dessert we had Dutch apple pie with vanilla ice cream.  Needless to say we ate well and I for one was stuffed when we left.

What did you do this Memorial weekend?  We celebrate our 49th years together with a spaghetti dinner today.  You see, I invited Jim over for dinner 49 years ago.  I fixed spaghetti, and for some reason he liked it and we've been together ever since!  Neither of us can believe we've been together so long.  

Our first full day at sea we we're pampered.  While Sonsearae and I had manicures, Jim got a royal shave!  Not sure what else we did, just enjoyed the cruise.  

                     I was fascinated by the color of the water 

San Miguel de Cozumel was our first Port of Call and the only place we had Wi-Fi, for me it was weird not being able to get online.  But you get used to it. T-Mobile has Mexico and Canada on our plan.  To get Wi-Fi on the ship you had to pay for it 

We did a bus tour here that involved Honey, Chocolate and Tequila!

Jim bought a carved knife, this is all one piece and it's beautiful.  At the honey place we learned about customs and traditions of the local peoples

At the chocolate place we heard about the cocoa beans and all the ways it can be used and of course there were samples.  Final stop was the Tequila place!  We sampled some unusual tequila (one was green!  made with Pistachios) and we managed to bring home some coffee flavored tequila.

Pirate night, based on Pirates of the Caribbean, is a fun night.  Lot's of Pirates young and old were roaming about.  Even the wait staff was dressed up!  Oh, did I mention we ate in a different dining room each night and our servers followed us on the rotation.  I did get a tattoo for the event and we wore a pirate bandana for the event

                                  Handmade cards Because

No one displays an email on the mantel

or

Shows off a tweet on the refrigerator

or

Saves a Facebook Post in a box of treasures

Total for 2023

                                                      223

       As you can see no cards were assemble as we were to busy

                                     All is right in our world

I am an Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator. Showing how to make quick and easy cards. Follow me here or on Facebook:  Card making with Linda for more detailed instruction. To place an order, head over to my website to view the digital catalogs

https://lindagoudelock.stampinup.net/