One day, as I was getting ready to check my email, Mike's gmail opened up and the bold, unread subject read: "Congratulations on booking with Norwegian Cruise Line". I freaked out. I hurried and closed up the page, no idea what to do, felt guilty for ruining the surprise, but oh well...now I had the time to plan and prepare for our "surprise" anniversary trip.
As you might have already understood, it was that time of the year again, to celebrate our fourth year of sharing our lives together.
This was our Norwegian Jade. What an amazing boat! I had always dreamed to go on a cruise, but I had never thought it possible. It is a wonderful and unforgettable experience. We spent our first two days sailing, eating, dancing, hot tubing, hanging out together, talking with some amazing and fun old couples, watching them dance beautifully, eat some more and seriously the fun was endless. The cruise stuff was absolutely great. They had put together fun activities, different dance classes, like cha cha cha, tango, bachata, merengue and lots more. There was no time to get bored, only time to relax and have a great time.
This was the sun deck. Four hot tubs, two pools, grill bar, etc.
They were always playing live music in this lounge.
Some of the desserts we had...in one meal. So, let me tell you a little bit about our first dinner. We get all dressed up, get in line, washy washy our hands (this was their theme of cleanliness is next to godliness), and then get escorted to our shared table at the Grand Pacific restaurant (this became our favorite restaurant).
Here comes the menu and you can literally order the whole menu if you want or get seconds or thirds...and so on. But we were still a little bit shy, so we ordered only one plate of this amazing lobster thing. But then we remembered our friends's wise advice: I want this, and this and that and....probably make it double, so that's what we did for the next 9 days.
Welcome to Funchal, Portugal, our first stop.
Funchal is known as the cleanliest capital of Portugal. It was gorgeous.
They have an annual flower festival and I can only imagine how beautiful that is.
Amazing and delicious food market. This is a banana pineapple. We got to try some yummy exotic passion fruit.
Funchal from the top.
They are also famous for their toboggan rides. So, you sit in one of these toboggans and these guys push you downhill for 2 km.
This was a cool neighborhood. I don't know what was the reason for painting their doors, but they were pretty cool.
Funchal was so green and pretty. This is one of their parks.
Next stop, Santa Cruz, Tenerife.
We decided to rent a car and drive around the island and these are some of the places we saw and visited.
La Orotava is known for their wooden carved balconies.
La casa de los balcones!
This was La Playa de las Teresitas, one of their beaches. The sand had been imported from Africa and it was really cool.
To be continued...
Love,
Mike and Soni
As you might have already understood, it was that time of the year again, to celebrate our fourth year of sharing our lives together.
This was our Norwegian Jade. What an amazing boat! I had always dreamed to go on a cruise, but I had never thought it possible. It is a wonderful and unforgettable experience. We spent our first two days sailing, eating, dancing, hot tubing, hanging out together, talking with some amazing and fun old couples, watching them dance beautifully, eat some more and seriously the fun was endless. The cruise stuff was absolutely great. They had put together fun activities, different dance classes, like cha cha cha, tango, bachata, merengue and lots more. There was no time to get bored, only time to relax and have a great time.
Here comes the menu and you can literally order the whole menu if you want or get seconds or thirds...and so on. But we were still a little bit shy, so we ordered only one plate of this amazing lobster thing. But then we remembered our friends's wise advice: I want this, and this and that and....probably make it double, so that's what we did for the next 9 days.
To be continued...
Love,
Mike and Soni
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