We are now in the week between our trip to Cabo to catch up with my brother and sister and our cruise to the western Caribbean to visit Firefly, Noel Coward's home in Jamaica where he is buried.
Cabo was good, though Paula and Tim only had a few days with us as they had to wait until the new show was in place before they left town. And my sister-in-law was rather ill during most of the two weeks we were there. As a result, we ate most of our meals - other than those we (Michael) cooked - at the on-site restaurant - all of which were quite tasty!
During the day, we followed our favorite bartender around between the two pool bars and tried a few new drinks.. Yummy!
Michael was supposed to pick up his discount card for the airline we flew to Cabo on - Calafia - but it was a comedy of errors. They sent the card to their offices in downtown Leon - a large city - and then they offered to send it to the airport in Guadalajara - about a 5-hours trip from San Miguel. Then they would mail it to our home; then they couldn't mail it anywhere - a pickup in person was required. After numerous calls and a couple of trips to the office in Los Cabos - luckily not too far from the resort at which we were staying - they decided that they could send it to the airport in Leon (much more accessible) and we'll be there later tihs week. Let's hope the card is there!
There were several things that needed adjusting in the Luna, but they finally got them all taken care of just before we left. Luckily - I guess - my brother and his wife had several more weeks at the resort.
In the very near future, we'll be off to Florida (this Saturday, as a matter of fact) for a Carnival cruise to the western Caribbean. This will be our first cruise on Carnival - a second one is booked sailing from Vancouver to (and around) the Hawai'ian islands this coming September. Once there, we'll be staying for five days at Disney's Auluni Resort. The last time we were in Hawai'i we visited Auluni for a look-see. They've done a really nice job of the resort! We'd probably buy into the resort if 1) it was simpler to get there, and, 2) it wasn't so expensive!
We'll have a week there and then we fly home. Michael managed to score first class seats for us at an affordable price!!! Haven't flown first class since that time on AirCanada with plenty of champagne and a gift of a bottle of brandy (they didn't have any single malt scotch :( on board). I think we were flying Economy and talked our way up to some vacant seats in First.
These will be our first two cruises on Carnival. Hopefully not too raucous! We have booked both The Steakhouse and The Chef's Table for both cruises. We heard just last night that we'd scored the Table on this first cruise. The one later this year had already confirmed our time slot. The Table includes a tour of the kitchen and the food looks great! The Steakhouse is very old-school and the dishes should be good, too. I'm already picking out my meal from the on-line menu!
Disney, after twenty back to back cruises had paled a bit. So we're branching out. Besides the two Carnival cruises this year, we have a Disney Westbound Panama Canal cruise (through the new locks) in April 2018 [couldn't really leave Disney high and dry, eh?] and a second cruise on the Crown Princess in November. The last-named cruise takes us from Rome around the Mediterranean with a few stops (we'll finally get to visit the Sacra Familia on foot and not just from the top of a bus in Barcelona, the Cinque Terre villages, and a few other stops) and across the Atlantic to New York City. We're celebrating the husband's retirement of our friend and several other people we've sailed with are joining us! If we can manage it, there might be a Broadway show or two in the itinerary, too, before returning to San Miguel.
So between the cruises and the visits to the timeshares we own at, we'll keep busy!
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