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Sunday, December 11, 2011

Sunset, Day 34 (St. Kitts)

We didn't do a lot today. We had breakfast in the dining room, and then walked off the ship into the port area. I was able to get a free wifi signal strong and fast enough to call Mom on Skype. It was nice to talk with her during the 6 days in a row without AT&T cell service. She said she was getting ready for church, and I had to ask her what day it is- I really did not know. On a ship, days of the week mean nothing. All the matters is sea day or port day, and which port we're in. Even the invitations we get to various parties on board, although they will state a day and date, always put the port in parentheses. That's all we really look at anyway
We walked around a bit in port, but then headed back to the ship with plans to gather our things and take a taxi to a beach. However, the day didn't start out optimistically, and there were intermittent light rain showers before we even left the ship. So we adjusted plans, and settled down by the MUTS pool to watch football games on the big screen.
The sun did finally come out, very hot, and we sort of roasted watching the Saints game (GO Saints!), but by the time it finally got really interesting, in the fourth quarter, the heat of the day had passed and after the Saints win we showered and dressed for dinner and the sunset. We're sitting here right now on the Promenade Deck watching that and a big storm in the distance.