Thanksgiving Day Celebrations

So Thanksgiving roles around again and this year we actually sampled some of it. With it being a sea day we decided not to run an auction as so much was going on that day So we sampled the food and went out for the toast. As you can see most of the ship came out for it. Held in the Centrum, and some of the officers came out and gave thanks and then we had a baloon drop. We were standing up on deck 8 looking down into the centrum. They even had someone dress up as a turkey and almost got the chop..... but the Captain pardoned him! Nice to see some of the festivities anyway. Best thing, is xmas is almost here. The tree is up, the music is playing and were starting to get in the holly, jolly mood

St Maarten; another great port. Get off walk for 10 mins down to a nice beach, bucket of beer and a little swim. Plus if your in the market for any new gadgets then eletronics wise this is a good spot

So we were back in the good old Nassau during the jazz charter (first time I have had chance to put photos on since then. As you can see we were not alone. Always good to be back there.

Going to Nassau means going to the cricket club. This means real bacon and sausage! It also use to mean Stella on draught but thats now gone (which was a huge upset).

Long cruise

Well, I have always wanted to do longer cruises and they dont get much longer than this. 14 days as we move from Baltimore through to Tampa, we have just had our overnight in Bermuda and now we are off down to the Carib and some places I have never been to before; Tortola and Curacao.

Not that we have the money for anything to do in the ports but still, nice to be somewhere new. Its also the thanksgiving day cruise this week as well. This coming thursday which to us just means a big slap up meal (and a whole load of turkey)

Hopefully we might be able to enjoy a little bit of the whole vibe this year as we are not doing an aution on the day.

we will post again soon.........

Claire's Back

Thank God! Things just go easier with her around. Its a lot to do on your own and its a lot less stressful when somneone else is around to back you up. This week should be good. We finally get our first pay as auctioneers. And although our first month as auctioneers was not amazing. It does mean that we are strting down the right path. (xmas ay should be much better)

Gotta say something about Football. So annoyed today. ESPN advertise the Liverpool V's Birmingham game. I think I might finally see my first live game of the season and the tv goes black and stays that way the entire game. Not the season for us I know but still........ We could be about to be relegated and I would still want to watch. I miss football more than I miss bacon! and thats alot

We put in our vacation requests this week. Feb 15th if all goes to plan, back to Scotland, for a few, flyt out to Switzaland for a week and then back to sunny southport for a couple of weeks. We wont be on vaction long but after a week in switzaland and staying in hotesl for a couple of weeks in southport we wont have any choice. Cant believe its another 3 months away. Feel like I have been out here for such a long time already.

Glad to hear my little neice is on the mend, she sent me and Claire and email (well Neil wrote it but the idea was there) freaked me out when I heared she had the H1N1 stuff. You hear all this shit on the news but never think its gonna get anyone you know.

Anyway, filling really cos dont have much to say but wanted to put something in here cos its been a while and I know some people (thank you) are actually reading this.