We had decided to just spend a leisurely day in St. Thomas. Ashley was our researcher and organizer for this port. I was excited to look for a John Hardy ring! We weren't schedule to arrive in St. Thomas until 11:00 a.m. Sheri and I went for a long walk up on the pool deck and then a nice breakfast in the dining room. Several of the Joyrider's weren't finished shopping for their secret Santa's. Frank was still upset with the Cupcake shop on the ship for not selling him the stuffed tiger Macy had asked him for. The tiger was a decoration and not for sale! It was amazing watching us pull into port, the captain had to parallel park!
Our first stop was at Jewels for my ring! They didn't have the smokey quartz I wanted and everyone agreed the one they had was too big for my fingers...the nice sales lady showed me a beautiful David Yurman ring...sold! I loved it. Ashley took the lead and we followed her to a newer shopping area. (Oh, I forgot to mention, again, it was raining...but, obviously pretty insignificant in dampening our spirits or fun!) We divided up in small groups, with a meeting time to eat lunch. Several hours later, all "numbers" were accounted for and thank goodness we had a covered cafe...it was pouring!!! Fat Turtle was delicious!
While we were at the restaurant, Ashley spies the man that they had taken pictures with while he was passed out on the ship at Sorrentos! Curtis and Mike could have crawled under the table...
The rain stops and we start the walk back to the ship. Of course, that means half a dozen or more stops and potty breaks. But, lucky for us, our numerous stops were rewarding...in the background we see a beautiful rainbow!
Last, but not least...Macy always has a surprise as to what she has stuffed in her small purse...a stingray! Good job Ashley on being the tour guide for the day!
Once back on the ship, we decided to miss our dinner time and join up at Olive or Twist for a family game and casual dinner at the Windjammer. Mike was testing out his new profession of bartending (remember the booth at New Year's Eve?). A game of Apples to Apples was a blast! We all had phone service that day, due to being in an U.S. port...Katy had used Mike's phone to post on Facebook all we had done...spell check is not to these young one's advantage!!!! Mike received several comments to his (actually Katy's) post.."did you forget how to spell, maybe it's time to come home" "Did some Haitian refugee jack your iPad?" Katy took it in stride and laughed along with us!!!
Katy, Macy, Ashley and Sheri went to the Once Upon A Time show and the rest of us went for a wine tasting, well minus me as I was a little under the weather that evening with a belly ache! But, when I met up with them at Vintages, the bartender (there's actually a name for wine people, but not sure what it is!) had a million glasses of wine in front of them! He told Curtis to take a bite of the brie and taste a certain wine...Curt takes a big bite (kinda like when he ate the huge serving of horseradish on last cruise) and makes a horrible face...a big chunk of blue cheese had mistakenly been placed on his plate instead of brie! Of course, it got a big laugh out of everyone!
