Welcome to my first attempt a
t a blog! Dennis and I are getting ready for our next big adventure–we fly to Puerto Rico this Friday and then leave for a Southern Caribbean cruise on Sunday evening. Â I’m all packed and ready to go. Dennis, not so much.
When I first started researching for this year’s trip, I thought we’d go to Texas. I was on a quest to visit all fifty states by the time I turn fifty (2 years–eek!). Â While looking at the different cities in Texas and deciding where to go, I stumbled upon Galveston and cruise ads. Many, many cruise ads. CHEAP cruises. And I thought–five days on a cruise is less money than we’d spend for a hotel and to eat out for the same amount of time. And that is how my search for a spring break cruise began.
Dennis drives a lot for work and I didn’t want him to have to drive for the majority of this vacation (not like the 10 states in 9 days we did for Christmas of 2015). Â I thought cruising would be a great way for him to relax. Neither of us have ever been to Puerto Rico and the prices were great. We (okay, really me) decided to book a seven night Southern Caribbean cruise on the Carnival Fascination. This cruise is port-heavy. Six ports in seven nights with only one day at sea. I was excited about the opportunity to visit San Juan, St. Thomas, Barbados, St. Lucia, St. Kitts, and St. Maarten. Â Other than booking flights and a hotel in San Juan, I didn’t do much research until about a month before the trip. At that time, I started getting nervous. You see, we’re not really beach people. We’re good for about two hours. That’s it. Â So I started to look at tours. I’ve probably overdone it now–we have seven tours booked!