What's The Story, Morning Glory?: Day 3 of our vacation

Once we were settled on our ship - the Serenade of the Seas, things began to look up. We enjoyed our first three course dinner in the dinning room, had a drink or two and I saw a very entertaining live show with the cruise singers and dancers with lots of songs from Broadway musicals. The sea rocked us to sleep and when we awoke the next morning we were in St. Martin. We got up

early, around 7ish, and had breakfast with most of the family in the dining hall where I ordered my all time favorite - Eggs Benedict! We rounded up the sleepy young adults and headed off the ship where we took a water taxi to "downtown" which was just a row of one and two-story shops and a couple of hotels right on the beach. This was the day Mario fell in love with the beach. Whenever we went afterwards, we couldn't get him out of the water. Frankie enjoyed the water in St. Martin, but we couldn't get him back in after this day. We stayed there for a couple of hours before taking the water taxi back.

This was also the day I wore a brand new pair of flip-flops, ordered specifically for my cruise. We didn't do a whole lot of walking but by the time we made it back to the ship, I had blisters from the straps. More on this later.

We ate lunch in the Windjammer Cafe - the ships buffet - and Mario found love #2. We knew this kid could eat if it was something he liked, but he was going back for seconds and thirds not including dessert! We would spend all of our breakfasts and lunches here at the Windjammer until the end of the cruise. The food was good, but I wouldn't go so far as to say it was amazing. The dinners were excellent, but I could never stay awake long enough to try the midnight buffets - then again, I think there was only one of those.

The rest of the day was spent in typical fashion. A little while after lunch was spent either by the adult or kids pools. Then a nap, shower and get ready for dinner. After dinner Beni or I would go back to the room with the boys since they were wiped out until Beni's dad came to relieve us. (Honestly, it was mostly Beni who stayed with the boys.) I saw a second show called "Vibeology" with pop songs sung by the ship's singers and dancers. We also played "Name that Song" in the lounge and came in second place in a game called "The Quest" where we had a team of 7 people and had to be the first to appear with anything the host requested, such as "a woman, with two bras, not being worn and one must be her own" or "a man with back hair" or "a form of birth control". It was all very fast paced and hysterical and we only lost by 2 points! Thanks to my neice Anna, nephew Michael and new-found friend Louis from Baltimore, for being such intense players!

Beni and the boys next to a real clipper ship docked right in front of our ship