Hola!

We have just arrived in Nassau and the palm trees are swaying, the sun is bright and warm, and it is only 7 a.m.!  The trip has been amazing thus far and the ship is everything that was promised - bright, clean, full of adventures around every corner.   Our feet are already tired from trying to take it all in and our stomachs are already groaning with the effects of unrestricted goodies that seem to call from every corner.

The flights over were pretty good, after a hiccup in Victoria that involved a computer failure and left us all sitting in the tarmac in complete darkness, a rather disquieting feeling.  The four of us sat there with visions of the Allure sailing away without us and frantically checking alternate airlines with our IPhones. Someone in the back helpfully hollered out "Did you try Control, Alt, Delete?" and in the end, that's precisely what they did!  The plane rebooted properly and we hit the skies just 15 minutes late and you can guarantee that more than one of us was wondering what would happen if the computer crashed midflight.   Gulp.

In the end we landed in Ft. Lauderdale a good half hour early and lost no time in exploring this huge city.   Boarding the Allure yesterday was flawless despite massive crowds - 25 minutes until we stepped aboard and headed to the pool and the bar to have a celebratory champagne.

This shot was taken on the water taxi in Ft. Lauderdale - a great tour and a pleasant wander around Hollywood Beach with a shot for a fabulous kale smoothie (who are we kidding... we all knew that a beer was right around the corner!).

Time to fly - our tour guide will be waiting for us to show us some Bahamian hospitality.