for our 11th Anniversary this year we booked a cruise to the Bahamas! We left out of Jacksonville Florida, which is only a 4 hour drive from us, so it was perfect! Plus my mom was still in town, so she was able to stay with the kiddos!!
This was our first cruise, so everything was new and exciting for us. We stayed on the 5th floor, but there were like 14 levels on the ship.
Of course it was fun to see what shape our towels would be in when we got back to our room!
Our first port was Freeport, Bahamas. Let me just say the Bahamas are way dirtier then I expected. We didn't book any excursions because we sort of just wanted to wander around and find a beach. Well at Freeport their isn't a beach close, you have to get a taxi to the other side of the island. We decided to go to the public beach and taxi over there. It was ok, but crowded and slightly dirty. We later found out for only a couple dollars more then what we paid to get to this beach we could have gone to the private resort and had a much better experience. Oh well, it was still a beach, and we were together, and weren't chasing kids, so it was still a win for us. But if we ever go back now we know!
This was formal night, and the lighting was terrible in our room, so we never got a great picture. oh well!
Our second port was Nassau, Bahamas. There was a free beach just a short walk from the Port. But holy moly getting here was an adventure. Well nothing super exciting, but the moment you step off the ship you are bombarded with people trying to sell you anything and everything under the moon. You have to get through security, and literally just put your head down and walk fast. Once we finally got away from all the crazies and could think straight we walked through their straw market, which again was people begging you to buy their stuff, and then we made our way to this beach. There was lots of construction going on, so we had to walk the long way around. This beach was nicer then the one at Freeport, and we rented chairs this time, that also came with a floating mattress that I used all day to float on the Ocean waves. The guy running the little rental joint laughed at me for loving that mattress so much!!!
This little section was a 21 and over section, and was our favorite night time hang out. it had padded chairs and a couple of hot tubs. It was way too hot to ever get in the hot tubs, but about 10:00 every night we would wander our way out here and just relax and look at the stars. There was hardly anyone ever out their at night, so it felt like our own little quiet area!
The water was so so blue, it honestly looked like someone dumped tons and tons of blue koolaid in it it was just that blue!
Our room had a windown seat with these port holes!
Our last evening on the ship we caught this Bahamas Sunset. It was seriously gorgeous! Plus it was fun watching all the flying fish down below!
We hit up a music show/concert, and comedy show every night. This last concert was love songs from the 70's I think. Anyway, before the show started our cruise director asked a few couples to be introduced before the show and sort of tell their story. He rewarded us with free Champagne and dessert. We told him we didn't drink so they brought us out sprite! But, this was the 3rd free bottle of wine we received on the cruise, too funny!
We decided Cruising is the most relaxing vacation ever. Seriously it was so so nice not having to think of anything. we had food whenever we wanted, we never had to drive anywhere, or decide where we were going to go. Everything was right their on the ship! They had lots going on and so you could be always doing something, or just relaxing. It was such a great time. We want to go again sooner rather then later! We also really want to cruise with friends!
