Cruise Day 2: Forget Sea Legs, it's Sore Legs!!

My goodness I could hardly get out of bed this morning, but we must continue to eschew the elevators. My calves are killing me!


So this morning we had a freestyle breakfast to order in one of the restaurants. The ship docked so we could go on and off whenever. Freeport is on Grand Bahama Island, population approximately 50,000 people. We spent a little time at the port, but there really wasn't much there as the area is a commercial harbour. I did get my hair french-braided (no cornrows – too expensive plus too time-consuming). We crammed into a taxi with 8 other people for a ride to Port Lucaya which is the cruise stop shopping area. The wind was unbelievable, and not very warm either. Our driver said if it dropped one more degree, he was taking a snow day. It was around 70 degrees. We were heading to the beach and got way-laid by a gentleman wooing us cheapos with free stuff in exchange for a 90 minute vacation club presentation. I cannot believe we got suckered into this! So the 90 minutes turned into 3 ½ hours but we did get lunch, a tour of the resort, plus two t-shirts and a small bottle of banana rum. Judith was the lady who was doing her best to sell the club to us, but it was a lost cause. Too bad, she was very funny and did a great job of prepping. Judith said she sent her children off to school with hats, mitts and scarves this morning! We felt really bad letting her down, but I guess that's the name of their game. The beach looked great, but really it was near-hurricane winds and it did rain a couple of times. We shopped a bit, taxied back to the cruise ship and back on board. Dinner tonight for me started with a cold strawberry soup, and for Thor was a fruit plate. We both had the same entree which was a grilled chicken breast, mashed potatoes and vegetables (Brussels sprouts, yellow squash, carrots). Thor had lemon cream pie and I had a flourless molten chocolate cake. Now before you go thinking we're eating ourselves into oblivion, the portions are small! This is the fine dining, if you go to the buffet, you're at your own mercy for portion control! I did decide that my guilty pleasure is the dessert crepes. I enjoyed a pineapple filled one tonight :)

The show tonight was a comedian and he was funny enough. We spent the rest of the evening wandering around the decks (more stairs!!!) and settled in to listen to a guy playing guitar and singing for an hour or so, then into one of the lounges to hear a Tina Turner tribute which was quite entertaining. The wind is so strong tonight that the decks are closed off. I guess they don't want any guests blowing overboard. The seas are rough. Thor and I are both lucky enough that we don't suffer from sea sickness, but we noticed they have the seasick bags out!

Tomorrow is Nassau, which is by far the biggest city in the Bahamas, about 250,000 people. I hope the weather is better.