Caribbean Cruise Part 1

We began our journey flying into into Ft. Lauderdale (since it was so much cheaper than flying to Miami) with our friends Steve and Debbie. We spent the night there in Ft. Lauderdale and had dinner at a fabulous Cuban place: Padrinos.

I was a little skeptical at first, nothing on the menu seemed tasteful. It seemed like they took everything you wouldn't want to eat and tossed it all together. Example: everything had loads of onion, beef or dark meat chicken or liver, potatoes, and more onion! I was wrong though; The food was so good, I don't even know how to describe it. Very flavorful, a mix between island, italian, and mexican?? If you haven't tried Cuban food, you should, it's awesome!

I had lamb in a red wine sauce, Jeremy got a skirt steak. We tried plantain chips with onion salsa, stuffed potatoes, a wonderful yam-like vegetable (can't remember the name), sweet plantains, black beans, and Debbie had stuffed chicken. Image taken from Jeremy's phone.

Sunday morning before boarding the ship we went for a walk and found this beautiful church (see we even went to church). : ) All the images below were taken with my Holga film camera.

We had a short drive to the Miami port and began our journey. The image on the left is actually from one of the last days at sea. 

A beautiful mistake. The oversize chess set on the ship double exposed with two friends. ; )