A beautiful day
Trip Start
Nov 29, 2008
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Trip End
Dec 06, 2008
Nassau,
Bahamas
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Well, today made up for yesterday. The weather was beautiful, we got to snorkel, and Nassau was much prettier than Freeport. It's still not Bermuda, but we're not going to complain ...
We started out today by walking around the town of Nassau. It's a mix of beautiful old buildings, some more modern buildings, and a lot of tourist shops. But, unlike Freeport, there aren't any tankers, smokestacks, or other industrial stuff, so it's an improvement. The buildings are beautiful colors. Unfortunately, the streets are pretty dirty, but it's hard to tell whether that's the way they normally are or how much is un-repaired hurricane damage. Some of the really old buildings are in pretty bad hape, but some are still pretty.
We walked around town and walked to the Queen's staircase. It was carved straight out of the limestone. After walking there, we shopped a little and then headed back to the ship for our sea scooter snorkeling excursion. We rode a catamaran out of the harbor and got a brief tour of the rich people's houses along the water (Oprah, Tiger Woods, Anna Nicole Smith, Nicholas Cage, etc.) and then got to swim around using these sea scooters that help propel you through the water. They actually were pretty useful since the current was fairly strong because of the cold front in the area. We saw TONS of fish. Unfortunately we couldn't take any pictures - it was too deep for our camera to really pick anything up. But, we saw a blow fish, a lionfish, and lots of others I can't name. The water was really cold at first - it was hard to breathe it was so cold, but after we got used to it we had a really wonderful time.
After the excursion, we did some more shopping and had conch fritters, calamari, and jerk chicken for dinner. Everything was pretty good. Conch fritters are fried pieces of the animal that lives in the conch shell and evidently people here eat it pretty often. It was ok, kind of like calamari only chewier. :)
After dinner, it was time to say goodbye to Nassau. We'd like to come back with more time and maybe stay at the Atlantis Resort (if we had the money).
We gambled a little at the casino (we lost $6) and then went to a show in the theater. It was a medley of broadway songs. It was surprisingly good. Now, I'm sitting here listening to people attempt karaoke while I download our pictures. Mike is in the gym working out and hopefully watching the Carolina game. We've had really calm waters until tonight - you couidln't even feel the ship moving. BUt now we're starting to feel it a little bit. I've got a headache, so I'm going to take it easy for the rest of the night.
Tomorrow we're going to Norwegian's private island, Great Stirrup Cay. We're going to do some more snorkeling and enjoy relaxing on the beach all day, if the weather is nice. So, that's it for now.
We're having trouble with the camera, so I can't get the pictures downloaded right now, but I'll try again later (probably in the morning). Sorry!
Love,
Becky and Mike
