Here We Go Again

We are on another Caribbean cruise on Celebrity Reflection. We did a back-to-back taking 4 days and 3 days. The first four had a sea day yesterday with Key West today and Bimini tomorrow. The three days are the same ports but no sea day.

So 7 days of being pampered.

Celebrity Reflection is the ship that began our love of cruising. In 2016, we took a 16-day Transatlantic trip that included stops in Malaga, Cartegna, Barcelona, and Nice. My dear friend Mary Beth was on board, and she was actually the person who really introduced us to this new way of life.

On our first night in the dining room, I ate my usual escargot. Celebrity has it on the menu daily. I forgot to take a photo before I dug in and consumed the escargot.

The show for the evening was a production show. It wasn’t our favorite but still entertaining.

Afterwards, we tried our luck in the casino. While we were playing one of my favorite slots, the pigs, old friends from South Carolina saw us. Chris and Carrie, we have known for 20 years.

We made arrangements to meet for dinner last night. It’s unbelievable running into friends. It was an elegant chic night. Bruce and I were probably more formally dressed than most people. Celebrity in the Caribbean doesn’t seem to require a dress code. I saw jeans and very casual dress in the dining room.

In the morning we did a meditation on the pool deck, worked out in the gym, and then had breakfast.

Our day was packed with fun and relaxation. We went to a talk on cruising and did a little gambling. Our luck was better today.

We met Chris and Carrie for dinner and spent a lot of time reminiscing about old times. We are all avid cruisers and we will all be on a ship out of LA next month.

We played a little in the casino but Bruce was tired so we made it an early evening. The show was a mentalist, not our favorite so we decided not to go.

Today we woke in Key West.

We spent a leisurely morning in our cabin and then had a late breakfast with Chris and Carrie.

Bruce and I decided to visit the Mel Fisher Nautical Museum. Mel Fisher was an adventurer who spent a good part of his life looking for treasures.

Mel Fisher and his wife and children discovered a Spanish ship that sunk off the coast of Florida in the 1600’s. It was filled with gold, silver, emeralds and other jewels.

The museum is a three minute walk from the dock and cost $17.95 to get in. It was a very interesting museum.

Next time we hope to go to the Hemingway House.

We met up with friends for coffee in the afternoon. I hadn’t been drinking coffee but I indulged in a cappuccino.

We met Chris and Carrie out on deck five. That’s where they take little Toby to do his business.

Celebrity allows dogs on the ship and Toby is a perfect little pup. He sits still and is quiet. Carrie trained him well.

While out in deck 5 we saw a pod of dolphins swim by the bow of the ship on the port side. Unfortunately, all I have is pictures of water. I missed.

We ate dinner together and then Bruce and I went to the show. It was another production show and it was great.

Bruce and I wandered outside to see the sunset but we just missed. The sky was lovely though.

We played a bit in the casino and we finally won a bit so all was good!

Tomorrow Bimini!