Honeymoon - Day 7 - 5/30/11

Disembarking and Pub Tour

I woke up early enough to see the ship arrive at Charleston Harbor.  It was beautiful to see the city before sunrise.

We were sad to get off the ship but happy that we still had a few days in Charleston ahead of us.

Once we went through the easy disembarkation process, we realized that our hotel was within walking distance from the port.  It wasn't fun to roll the bags, but it sure saved time.

It wasn't time to check in yet so they held our bags while we did some walking around.  We had lunch at Gilligans, a favorite of mine from childhood vacations.  Once we checked in, we did some shopping at the City Market before our plans for the evening ...



We had scheduled a Pub Tour of Charleston and as it turned out, we were the only ones on our tour!  Sam, our tour guide, was great and we learned something and had great drinks!

The Mad River Bar & Grille was once a church.  The ground was actually deconsecrated.  We had martinis and appetizers.

Next was Tommy Condon's; an Irish pub that was once a candy shop.  Here we had cocktails and appetizers and I really met my new favorite drink.  Firefly Sweet Tea Vodka.

The was the Blind Tiger; an old speakeasy that still looks like one!  I found a guys with a Yankees Suck jersey that I had to take a picture of.

They have a ring toss game that our tour guide almost never missed at.  I never won and Brian got it once or twice.

On to the Rooftop at Vendue Inn.  A rooftop bar that looks out over the city and the harbor.  Great margaritas.

This was the last stop on our tour but Brian and I continued alone to Social, a wine bar

Honeymoon - Day 6 - 5/29/11

Fun Day At Sea

The last full day on the cruse was a day at sea.  This was mostly a relaxation and packing day.  We spent most of it reading on our private balcony and enjoying fruity drinks.  There was an extra towel creation for us that day.



We were treated to another beauftiful sunset that evening.

We said goodbye to our friends at dinner, including our servers.

We took one last picture before going back tot he room:

And we found a snail waiting for us:





Honeymoon - Day 5 - 5/28/11

Freeport. The Bahamas

The second and last port was Freeport.  We awoke to see that the port is not in town like Nassau but that you have to take a bus ride.  No problem!

We had breakfast brought to us by room service, that was nice.  When we got off the ship, we easily found a taxi to Port Lucaya marketplace.  Freeport already seemed a lot less pushy than Nassau.

Our taxi driver even told us where we could access a free beach by the police station.  most other beaches you have to pay to use. The beach we were on was great!

Again, not nearly as many people selling things!  Unfortunately, a storm came in.  We got off the beach and into the marketplace just in time to wait out the rain.

Once the rain stopped, we had lunch and did some shopping.  The market had lots of nice stores and no one was pressuring us to buy things!

We decided to get the taxi back to the port.  We both got some Bahamian beer at the port and hung out for a bit.  They had some live music and a few shops with souvineirs.

We both really enjoyed Freeport.  When we got back on the ship we took a look at the industrial area the ships dock in.

That night there was a deck party on the ship.  We stayed up late with our dinner partners and enjoyed another comedy show and some cigars and mojitos before ending the night with karaoke.

Tara and Nathan were our dinner partners, they were also on their honeymoon.

We had a snake in our bed that night.



Honeymoon - Day 4 - 5/27/11

Nassau, The Bahamas

We woke for our day in Nassau to find were has anchored at the port which is between Nassau and Paradise Island.  Atlantis Resort could be seen right from our balcony.

There was also a giant ship next to us that we learned was a used car carrier.

We had breakfast on the ship and then went to explore Naussau.  We decided to take a water taxi to Paradise Island.  It was $6 per person for a round trip ride.  There was even a guy on board that gave a history and shared some intersting facts about Nassau.  He asked for tips at the end but it was pretty entertaining so we obliged.

We had one thing in mind at Nassau ... the beach!  It was about a 20 minute walk but we eventually found one; the locals were very helpful.  The beach was filled with people trying to sell things but relaxing despite that.



We were there for a few hours before we caught the water taxi back to Naussau.  We then decided to have lunch at Senor Frogs.  The food was delicious but very over priced.

We did spend a few minutes at the Straw Market.  We got a souvenier but the place was very pushy, I couldn't even look at something without being asked to make a deal on the price.  We decided to head back to the ship.

Brian took a nap while I got some pictures of Nassau and the boat leaving the port.

There was a beautiful sunset that night before dinner.  The best part of late dining is the sunsets.

A scorpion awaited us in our room when we returned: