St. Thomas

Our second stop on the cruise was in St. Thomas. Once again, we took a tour of the island, and this time we had enough time to also go to a beach. We had a great time swimming and the beach was the best! We decided to take a nice, leisurely walk from the shopping area back to the pier and ended up getting soaked in a heavy shower. It was a good thing we were going back to the ship!


Arriving in St. Thomas


Magen's Bay


Swimming in Magen's Bay


View of the port


View of the port a few minutes later (We thought it was cool how the rain shower hadn't yet reached all of the ships.)


Doc with the port in the background


A beautiful rainbow on our walk back to the pier (right before we got soaked)

Nassau

Our first stop on our cruise was Nassau. We only had about six hours there, so we opted for a tour of the island. We visited the Water Tower, the Queen's Staircase, Fort Fincastle, Fort Charlotte, the Pirates of Nassau Museum, and walked through the downtown. It was a lovely day that went by too fast.


The Water Tower (highest point on New Providence Island)


Halfway down the Queen's Staircase


The Queen's Staircase


Little Switzerland shops were at all of the ports!


In front of Parliament and the Speaker of the House's parking spot :-)

Leaving Miami

After our day trip to visit the Everglades, Doc and I took a week-long cruise in the Caribbean. We had a relaxing trip, loved the warm weather, and really enjoyed the three ports of call we visited. Here we are leaving Miami and heading out to sea.

The Everglades

Yesterday Doc and I left snowy Zurich for sunny, warm Miami. It was so nice to get off the plane and wear just a T-shirt!!

We have a day before we start our cruise, so we decided to take a short tour of the Everglades, complete with an air boat ride. We saw quite a few aligators and really enjoyed the trip.

Stuttgarter Weihnnachtsmarkt

Over the weekend we went to visit the Weihnnachtsmarkt in Stuttgart. It is one of the largest Christmas markets in Europe and is only a couple of hours away. The weather was quite chilly, but beautiful and sunny.

Doc and I enjoyed walking through the market and looking at what the vendors were selling and how each of the stands was decorated. The smells of all of the food got to us, and we ate some sausages and sweets and drank some Glühwein (mulled wine). I even saw one of my coworkers at the market!!








This stand had a talking moose!






Das grüne U (the Green U)


Das neue Schloss (now the state government of Baden-Wuerttemberg)