VACATIONS 2011: First we cruise the Caribbean...

Just got back from our January cruise in the Caribbean.

Didn’t want to go the whole month of January without some diversion of the warm kind and a cruise seemed perfect to get us out of the freezing doldrums.

The ship was the Celebrity Solstice and it left Ft. Lauderdale for a week long cruise going first to San Juan, Puerto Rico, then to St. Thomas and finally to St. Martaan (Dutch and French) and a 2-day sail back to Ft. Lauderdale.

We have been on an Alaska cruise quite a few years ago but this Caribbean cruising is just insane; I could not believe all the people doing this all at the same time!

In Ft. Lauderdale, there were nine (9) cruise ships in port. Each one would average 3-4,000 passengers x 9 = 36,000 people – insane – and there is an economy problem here?

There were two (2) ships that were the largest in the world so far: Oasis of the Seas and Allure of the Seas and they made our ship look like a dinghy.

Anyway, we had a fab time and I will report more details later; right now I have to shovel snow!!!