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| MIAMI | |
 Eating lunch in Little Havana, Miami. This is Exquisito on Calle Ocho (8th St. in Spanish). |
 Stuart eating his cubano sandwich. Also we tried fried, white sweet potatoes, fried plantains, yucca with garlic, rice & beans, and roasted pork. All excellent! |
 The Port of Miami from our cabin balcony. |
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| ON BOARD THE NORWEGIAN JEWEL | |
 Safety drill. |
 Relaxing in our cabin. |
 The pool with the kids' water slide. |
 The other pool on deck (adults only). |
 Relaxing on deck with a frosty beverage. |
 Who counts calories on a cruise??? |
 First night on the ship. |
 In Maltings Bar where we watched the Patriots win their last TWO games of the season making them 16-0! |
 Breakfast of champions! Champion eaters that is. |
 We joined the spa again on this cruise. |
SAMANA,
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Samana used to be an island, but now it is a peninsula. We docked in the town of Samana on the southern side of the peninsula and took a 50 minute cab ride north to the beach. The arrow is pointing to the cove where we were on Playa (beach) Rincon. |
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 Welcome to Samana |
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 Taxi ride to Playa Rincon. |
 Fun on the beach. |
 Eating at the beach restaurant. We picked out our own fish. |
 The girls shared chicken. We all had rice & beans and home made fries. The girls didn't want to try the tostones (smashed, fried bananas), but they were very good. |
 Playa Rincon |
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 Building sand animals. |
 Our taxi driver took this for us. |
 The tender boat which gets you from ship to shore and back again. |
 Riding in the tender boat. |
 Samana scenery |
 Samana scenery |
 Samana scenery |
 Samana scenery |
 Samana from the ship. You can see at least three other cruise ships anchored in the harbor. |
 Samana behind me from our balcony. |
 Picture of our ship from the shore of Samana. |
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| MORE SHOTS ON BOARD | |
 Towel folding demonstration. |
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 The ship was decked out for Christmas. |
 Kaeli, Josh, Miranda |
 Garden Café buffet |
 Garden Café buffet |
 If you read the trip report, you'll recognize this as Elena. She is making a spectacle of herself once again, this time dancing to the music of José de Pepe. |
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TORTOLA Tortola is right in the middle of the British Virgin Islands. We docked on the south side in Road Town. |
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 The marina in Tortola |
 We ate lunch at Scato's Chicken & Chips. We ate right out on the patio that you can see in the picture. |
 Our chicken & chips...it was VERY good! |
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| BACK ON BOARD | |
 We're about to eat dinner at Chin Chin's. |
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| ANTIGUA Merry Christmas!  Antigua is actually pronounced without the "u" so it sounds like "Anteega". |
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 Sightseeing in town before heading to the beach. The capital city is St. John's. (not to be confused with the US Virgin Island of St. John) |
 Sightseeing in town before heading to the beach. |
 Sightseeing in town before heading to the beach. |
 Sightseeing in town before heading to the beach. |
 Dickenson Bay Beach |
 Dickenson Bay Beach |
 Dickenson Bay Beach |
 Dickenson Bay Beach Could we look ANY PASTIER? |
 View of the town from our balcony. |
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 View of Fort James |
 Another view of Fort James as our ship sails out of the harbor. |
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 Another view of Fort James as our ship sails out of the harbor. |
 Antiguan sunset |
 Antiguan sunset |
| FORMAL NIGHT | |
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