Spring Break in the Bahamas!

Spring break this year was planned with a trip that I found as a "good deal" but as always we spent more than we wanted to. We got a real cheap 5 day cruise in the Bahamas. We went to the ports of Freeport on Grand Bahaman Island, then on to Nassau, then on to Norwegian Cruise line's private island called Great Stirrup Cay. We got a reasonable flight but that meant we had to go to Ft. Lauderdale Florida early and stay an extra day on the back end. We planned a scuba diving trip in Key Largo and an Everglades tour while we were in Miami. We had a great dive and I felt the most calm that I have ever felt. Unfortunately, when I surfaced the 2nd time I made the mistake of blowing my ears to get them to clear and ended up bursting my left ear drum and breaking blood vessels in my right. That meant the rest of the cruise, no more scuba diving, no swimming pools, no ocean, no wave running....shucks!! But Taylor and Karl had fun in the water. We had a great time, eating and playing and eating, and exploring and eating and more eating. (Here comes the diet!)

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On the Ship Norwegian Sky

The Norwegian Sky was an older ship but nice. We rated it under Princess and Holland America. But we had fun.

Grand Bahama Island

Here are some pictures from Grand Bahama Island. It was not as beautiful and a long way from a beautiful beach, but we made it over to Lucaya Beach and had a little fun.

Here's our favorite port: Nassau

The town was beautiful and the beaches were heavenly. Dad and Tay went on Wave runners for an hour while I enjoyed the beach. Boo Hoo! We visited Atlantis: a HUGE resort with a water park like none other. We were not allowed to see that but we saw their aquarium and private beach and lake. We want to go back to that some day and do some scuba diving and play.

Atlantis Aquarium Nassau

This was incredible!!

Great Stirrup Cay

This was basically play on the beach all day. Since I could not snorkle, no one else wanted to either. Dad was not feeling good this day, so he just read on the beach. I decided to get in the water here because the waves would not crash into my ear. The water was warm and the view beautiful. Taylor played with new found "ship" friends and bought a pass to go on their giant blow up waterslide. This was a relaxing day with food brought right to the beach. So we ate some more. YUM!!