alleymon Stacy and I decided that since we enjoyed our 10th Anniversary Cruise to Ensenada we should repeat the trip for our 15th. We were not disappointed. We enjoyed our cruise very much, unfortunately for those of you who want the juicy details of all the marvelous things we did on our cruise, you will be disappointed. We did very little but relax and enjoy the absense of our stresses. No kids (at least not ours), no work, no agenda. But since I don’t want to leave the readers with nothing, here’s a summary.
The first night out of port, we had a nice dinner in the Seaview Lounge and watched the sunset. Then we took in a couple of shows including a Midnight Comedy show (R Rated) and had drinks. This was lots of fun for us, but not very interesting for you.
We arrived in Ensenada before waking on Saturday and we got ready, had some breakfast, and went ashore. We wandered around the main street tourist area dodging children selling chicle and street vendors selling “Your name on a grain of rice”. Why anyone would want their name on a grain of rice is beyond me. “Hey everybody, look! I got my name written here on this grain of rice. Isn’t it marvelous?” It must not be very difficult to do either, since a full half of the street vendors were doing it.
We shopped at the Hussongs clothing store and I bought a pair of shorts and a tee. Stacy bought a couple tee’s. Stacy also bought a “silver” anklet at one of the little shops from a guy who said it was his “First sale”. Uh, huh. Not fooled for a moment, and we know it’s not really silver, but we played along.
We had a couple of margaritas and some chips at “Los Amigos” on the sidewalk seating. Chips were too hard, and Stacy’s strawberry margarita was too strawberry and sweet.
We wandered back to the ship and enjoyed the rest of the day on deck where Stacy got sunburnt despite having put lots of sunblock on, and where I stayed in the shade despite putting loads of sunblock on.
We went to the second Midnight Comedy show (Different comedian) and had drinks and laughed.
The day at sea we spent wandering around the ship just enjoying each other and eating and drinking, drinking and eating. We stopped in at a couple more shows and just relaxed. One bit of excitement happened when a Coast Guard helicopter had to airlift a medical emergency passenger off.
We had to rise early on Monday as we had to get off the boat starting at 6:45. Thanks for your money no get off!!! We waited in line at Customs and showed our passports, answered a few questions to determine we were who we said. “What is your birthdate?”, “What city do you live in?” and like that. Good thing I have those memorized huh?
Back at the house, we discovered that the kids and pets were still alive with no broken bones or anything. Thanks Mamu and Michelle!