Vacation Recap - Day 3 & 4

Day 3 - At Sea

On Tuesday, we spent the day on the boat as we cruised from the Bahamas down to St. Maarten. Despite being on a moving ship, the weather was great. In the early morning hours we scouted out seats at the back of the ship near the "adults only" pool. And by scouted out, I really do mean went and sat in the seats...we did NOT threw our stuff on the chairs and go back to bed for 3 hours. Grrrr, big pet peeve.

I guess you must feel more of the boat's motion on the back of the boat because the little square pool was more like a wave pool. The water would shift side to side. We got our lunch from the pizza bar and ate it on our beach chairs.

This was the first of two formal nights so after a day at the pool we got all dolled up for dinner. We made reservations for a late 8:15 meal so we had to occupy ourselves beforehand. There was a big display of champagne glasses being erected in the piazza of the ship so we watched that for a while. Once it was finished they poured champagne creating a waterfall effect (only after the top glasses fell off and shattered...funny stuff).

The thing about dinner that really sticks out in my mind is how full I felt before and during consuming it. Miserably full. But, because I had gotten all dressed up, I really made a good effort to finish things. After dinner, we changed and attended another comedy show.

Day 4 - St. Maarten, Netherlands Antilles

...and then we arrived at St. Maarten. We signed up for an excursion called the French Riviera Rendezvous. That is, they were taking us to the French side of the island to Orient Beach and lunch was included. It was very picturesque.

For lunch we dined at a little restaurant just off the beach. We had a choice of ribs, chicken, or mahi mahi. I had chicken and Joe had the fish. Neither of us were very wowed with the food. Maybe we just missed our buffet.

The sand was nice and white. There were waves. Oh, and most importantly, it was legal to be perfectly nude and one end of the beach. Those crazy French! Unfortunately, we did not head that way to catch a glimpse of the birthday suits.

Since we had a long day at the beach, that night we opted for the buffet instead of the four-course meal. It turned out to be German night at the buffet so you can guess what we had. And guess what...we went to another comedy show on relationships. Can't get enough of that!