Wednesday - Nov 20th - Curacao
Did I mention I’m a beach girl? I absolutely love the beach and it’s nearly impossible to make me leave. Although I have quick access here at home in NJ, our beaches are obviously nothing like the Caribbean. With that in mind, I booked a morning beach excursion thru RC from 9:15-1:15 which allowed my beach fix, then we were free to go explore Curacao on our own. We went to the Blue Bay Resort and it was beautiful. It included chairs and a bottle of water. (I purchased it at 27 pp) Since we had the drink package we already had water with us so we skipped it and scored an awesome spot. There were some rain clouds, and it drizzled a little bit but it didn’t ruin our beach day at all. We didn’t have snorkel gear but we were able to see some fish anyway. Hubby drank the local beer and I had to have a blue drink - when in Curacao right? We also ordered a small appetizer which held us over a bit. There were some iguanas around and they were cool to watch.
I noticed they had a donation box for a “cat cafe”. After inquiring about it, one of the staff members showed me they have an area where they feed the local cats (they are all vetted & fixed). I love cats, so I of course I donated and a few of them even came out for us. It definitely passed the time because our tour bus was almost half an hour late picking us up. If I had another tour scheduled I would have been a nervous wreck.
I had decided that we would walk around Punda,. Can you tell Hubby has no interest in planning at all? It was amazing to finally see the Queen Emma Bridge and that famous strip of buildings in person. I took a ton of pictures. I was on a mission to go to a store called Cornerstone. Google “Skadey Cat Curacao” and you will see it. I mentioned I love cats right? The artist there Melissa paints them and we had been messaging each other back and forth on Instagram. It was such a pleasure to meet her in person. I picked out my own Skadey Cat and she wrapped it with so much care. (I'm happy to say it survived our flight home.) We stayed a while chatting and it was really nice. Hubby really enjoyed the air conditioning as well.
It was really hot out that day and we walked all over Punda, with me snapping pictures on my Iphone all day long. Eventually hubby said we both needed a break, so before heading back over the bridge we stopped at the Iguana Cafe where we enjoyed a drink and the nice cool breeze. The only thing that was somewhat annoying is that I’m not used to people smoking at restaurants and the group that sat down after us had a few cigar smokers, hence only one drink.
Once back over the bridge we walked up the steps to the fort and took in the views from there one last time. We weren’t really interested in any of the shops or the bars there so we took a nice leisurely walk back to the ship and showered before dinner.
We had a MTD reservation in the MDR. I had the Eggplant & Olive Tartare and hubby had the Seafood vol-au-vent. After tasting mine, hubby asked for his own eggplant appetizer. He said it was much better than his. He ordered Beef Stroganoff and I originally ordered the lasagne, but after I ordered it,I regretted it so I quickly changed it to the NY Strip. It was delicious, cooked perfect for me (medium rare) and we both enjoyed it. For dessert he had the Coconut Layer Cake which he said was just okay and I had the Creme Brulee which is a favorite of mine and did not disappoint.
We ended up back in the Bull and Bear. We were having a great time but we were tired from the past 2 days and with an early morning planned we were in bed by 11ish.
I think I've written enough for today, I'm not sure if anyone is actually reading this, but I'll add more after Thanksgiving.
**Note - I have no idea why some of my pictures are facing the wrong way. They are fine on my computer but not on this blog.
Love your scavenger hunt idea! Congrats on your anniversary...good luck with the Royal up bid ????
you are sailing with the best Cruise Director, Marc Walker. He’ll enjoy posing for pictures with you for the scavenger hunt.
Have a great cruise.
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