Monday, December 31, 2007

Happy New Year!!!

Here we are wishing you all a Happy New Year!!!
We had a great time in Treasure Cay, lovely beach and wonderful weather. To make the most of it we stayed Saturday night as well, so Sunday morning we woke up really early and sailed back to Marsh Harbour. By 10 we were back. We had planned to stay at a marina so that we could do all our laundry. I went by my guide book and chose a marina where we found out, after we had tied up, that the laundry was not working. Themarina next door did have laundry, so although Juan complained and huffed and puffed and groaned, we moved.
The kids left and are all safely back home. In the meantime we have been cleaning, and washing and organizing: we had four loads of laundry each, so that took up most of the day yesterday. Today we went shopping and continued doing stuff. Nothing glamorous, just work and organizing. Idette's blackberry seems to have died so she spent over four hours today talking to T-mobile and downloading software only to find out she will have to get a new set!
Last night I cooked (Moroccan) and tonight Idette cooked our New Year's dinner: ham, vegetables and wonderful Italian bread. We were hoping to have some champagne at midnight, but Juan and Mike passed out at about 9, Idette and I stayed out listening to the band playing in the restaurant right next the marina (imported from Nassau!), got to see some early bird fireworks and then she also conked out, so here I am at 10:45 writing this post and also ready for bed!
So tomorrow mimosas! That's where the champagne is going! The band is blasting out there but Zingaro and Sweet Tides snore!
New Year is when they celebrate carnival in the Bahamas, it's called Juncanoo. The best Juncanoo is supposedly in Nassau, but around this area it's Green Turtle Cay. The cruisers have organized a trip by bus and ferry so we have signed up for it and will go party. As long as it's during the day we can take it!
After that we will see what the weather brings. A cold front is on its way with very high winds so we may have to stay put for a few days.

1 comment:

Loreto said...

It is January 1st and a New Year has started! We had a great time last night with our friends here in NC. We dressed up for the ocassion, danced a little bit, did some 'saluds', ate well and hugged at 12:00am!! And YES we thought of you and wished we could have ALL our friends together!!

We love you guys!
FELIZ 2008!
Los Fernandez