Highlights from the Cruise

Since our cruise is winding down, Marilyn and I thought we would give you a brief overview:

Favorite port:
Luanne: Puerto Vallarta because it was easy to walk to places
Marilyn: She said it was Costa Maya until I told her we didn't go there on this cruise. She then amended her answer to Cabo San Lucas because she liked the tour, the port was pretty, the day was nice. Then she burped so I encouraged not to speak any more.

Favorite dinner companions moment:
Luanne: When I realized one person had no teeth
Marilyn: The two minutes in which one of them told Marilyn about her upcoming 3 surgeries (the reason she cannot go on a cruise for the next several years), her diabetes, and the Canadian health system.

Favorite tour guide:
Luanne: Libby, because she was a teacher, and now has the kind of job all teachers should have when they retire
Marilyn: Adan-Call-Me-Adam, because he was so open with his life and Marilyn got to know him so well in such a sort period of time

Favorite tour moment:
Luanne: Pulling up to the Jose's Chicken Coop Cafe, realizing that was where we were going to eat a meal.
Marilyn: A tie between Carmen reading us all the American restaurant signs as we rode down the road, and Libby reminding us for the 96th time that the sidewalks were uneven and to be careful.

Best spa moment:
Luanne: When Wendy the reflexologist told me that she could tell by my big toe that my colon was clogged up, and wondering what she wanted to do about it
Marilyn: When she got to go in a new spa room with a window, but was told not to worry because it was a one-way window, but worried anyway when a little boy started trying to look in the window (and Marilyn was in her spa-wear - a towel covering her lady regions).

Other Significant Cruise Moments:
*Getting our professional photo made with the captain, who has the personality of ... actually there's nothing with less personality to describe him to.
*Trying to get a picture while on land of Marilyn pointing out our cabin, because we thought we saw her bathing suit on the veranda, only to realize after returning to the cabin, that our cabin was actually on the water side.
*Trying to buy a Mexican Wal-Mart card, that ended up being a child and parent card, so we don't know if our room steward and dinner server will actually be able to use them or not, or even if they have any pesos on them.
*Dressing for a late movie (because we had eaten too much at Palo and were extremely uncomfortable in our dress up clothes), which meant in our pajamas, then seeing our dinner companion on the front row. And no, we didn't go sit with him.
*Ditching the tour when Adan stopped at his brother's jewelry store, thereby depriving him of his tour evaluation and tip!
*Looking at our first photo from the cruise, of us having lunch on the deck, then realizing the woman walking past was actually our future dinner companion.

All in all, it was a good cruise. Good food, good service, interesting dinner conversation with interesting people. Tomorrow we get back to reality, taking lots of good memories with us.