DAY 4---CHRISTENING CRUISE IN FREEPORT, BAHAMAS

 LAST EVENING

                                                                     Beautiful orchid

                       Our jalapeno poppers at during cocktails in the Observation Lounge.

                                                        Our waiter in Prime 7 was Pepe.

        Severina was our sommelier.  I bought a $85 Chilean carmenere.  Needed to spend my ship board credit.  I still have $9 left.

                                                                           Crab cake

                                                                       Clam chowder

                                           Filet, baked potato, and creamed spinach.

                                David, cruise director, introducing tonight's entertainer.

             John O'Hurley.  Sorry but one of the worse shows we have seen.  Not our opinion alone.

        This bag with goodies was on our bed last evening when we returned after the show.  Not taking the chance of packing the jar of sun dried tomatoes or bottle of Italian sweet liquor.  Not very good choice for having to fly home.

TODAY

        Docked in Freeport today.  Mostly cloudy and 70 degrees this morning.  We are not going ashore here.  Sailing time is 5:00pm so as to arrive back in Miami tomorrow morning.

        After uploading last night's photos this morning and putting them on the blog I headed up to deck 12 to take some photos.

                                                    Gangway below our balcony today.

                                       He's getting ready to wash some windows below.

                                                                Carnival ship behind us.

          Not sure what company owns this ship.  It is VERY old as there are no balcony cabins.

                                                      Some souvenir shopping close by.

                    They appear to be working on this ship as cranes are loading something.

                                                            Containers being loaded.

                                                        This is a commercial port.

                                  Lunch up in La Veranda.  These ribs were too dry to eat.

                                                             Lobster nachos were great!

        One of the excursions that went out this morning was "Swim with the Pigs".  Now that would be the last thing I would do even though I raised pigs before going to college.

        We'll start cocktail hour a little earlier this evening as we have a Sette Mari (Italian restaurant) reservation for 6:30.  I'll have my usual veal parmesan.  Tonight's show is the production cast show, "Marauder's Ball".  We saw it during the crossing and did not care for it.  We won't be going tonight.

        I was just down at Reception and found out the plans for tomorrow.  We will be docked early and 468 guests will be disembarking.  These are the travel agents, NCL corporate types, and other VIPs.  Then another 350 or so will be embarking.  They are Regent employees.  We will then sail again at 4:00pm and head to Bimini which is just 56 miles from Miami.  We will anchor there for an hour then head back to Miami.  Most everyone, including us, will be disembarking beginning around 7:30am Thursday.  I know Marcia will be staying on for another week.

        All of us who will be staying on will have to get off tomorrow morning AGAIN and clear immigration.  Bummer!!