We left the ship early this morning after a brief breakfast at the Windjammer. A huge line of open air buses waited with locals yelling out destinations and rustling up customers. A little intimidating... we were asked where we wanted to go and we said a beach with fish and bathrooms. We were loaded onto a bus driven by our strangely captivating driver, Mel Brooks, and headed to Coki Point Beach. All beaches in St. Thomas are public, even if on hotel property...

We had such a fabulous day today and can see why cruises are a favorite trip of so many. James and I went rock wall climbing today for the first time. I got as far as an arm length from ringing the bell, while Showoff made it right to the top and rang the bell (once they found a big enough helmet for his head -haha). Another of the many "shopping extravaganzas" onboard today where everything was 10 dollars and so James (or Jam-ez as we have taken to calling hi...

It has been a busy, busy day and I have retired to the cabin after a delectable dinner of Chicken Marsala with warm chocolate cake with milk chocolate sauce for dessert. Bliss. I enjoyed a hot stone massage today at the ship spa and Brooke and Cooper played at kids club. Holly did a crazy flowerpot craft in Dizzy's Lounge and has plans to do tomorrow's craft as well. James and I explored the ship today and are continuously amazed at it's size and all the thin...

Holly and I, it turns out, get terrible seasickness.... We spent last night and this morning green around the gills. Luckily, I brought a big bottle of gravol with us and we were able to curb the distress of our stomachs, however we are like zombies because it is the drowsy gravol. I attended the yoga class this morning and we were all losing our balance due to the rough seas. I broke out in a cold sweat and almost redecorated the floor halfway through the cl...